Kink

2013

1h 20m

Documentary

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88%

8 Reviews

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52%

500+ Ratings

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Filmmaker Christina Voros explores the world of sexual bondage and domination through the experiences of five workers at Kink.com.

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

The director, Christina Voros, adopts an educational approach that embraces the pleasure within the pain.

Aug 21, 2014

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Elizabeth Weitzman

New York Daily News

The movie often feels like a full-length ad for a great workplace, which just happens to stash whips and chains in the stationery closet.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 21, 2014

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Alan Scherstuhl

Village Voice

The doc is often terrific fun. But it is a work of observation and advocacy rather than journalism.

Aug 19, 2014

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Terence Johnson

AwardsCircuit.com

I've never left a documentary so informed about a subject I had no idea I wanted to be informed about.

Rated: 3.5/4

Aug 26, 2018

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Nathan Rabin

The Dissolve

It's not all about catharsis and transcendence for these folks; sometimes it's just about providing sordid sexual fantasies to people who need them.

Rated: 3.5/5.0

Aug 21, 2014

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Ethan Alter

Film Journal International

Kink may ultimately be too slight to rank as a great documentary, but it does suggest the arrival of a great documentary filmmaker.

Aug 20, 2014

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So much to learn and try! Now I just need to find an experienced mature woman to teach and train me!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/28/23

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As a sexual educator and BDSM educator and personal Dom myself, as well as a personal fan of James Franco's, I was delighted to see this movie in the library. However when I watched it I was appalled from the beginning, and continued to be until about 2/3rds of the way through when I couldn't continue watching. This movie can hardly be called a documentary because it is NOT educational. Nor is it a documentary about the kink community and BDSM. It is a documentary about a pornography company that films BDSM torture scenes. And from the very beginning you will see the basic rules of safe, sane and consensual being broken by this company. You will watch models have things done to them that they are explicitly saying they DO NOT want done to them. And worst of all you will be forced to watch sexual torture that you do not know you are signing up to watch and makes you feel that your own consent is being violated. This film is nothing more than the filming of the filming of hardcore torture and rape pornography, with some commentary from the pornographers, that again is non-educational in nature, and is just their own personal thoughts and opinions and feelings and such. The movie teaches you absolutely NOTHING about BDSM and Kink Culture, lifestyle or practices. It seems as though its main goal is to shock and appall, which it will for any sensible person who doesn't know that this is not really a documentary, so much as a filming of torture pornography...in which the people are actually being tortured since they aren't even consenting to everything that is being done. This movie is a great disservice to the kink community. Far worse than 50 shades of grey. I never thought I would say this but shame on you James Franco.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

Educational approach to the pornographic industry.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

well...that was interesting

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

That mysterious smile of the director ...

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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This journey into the underground world of BDSM comes courtesy of producer James Franco and would have benefited greatly if it branched out of the studios of the largest producer of online bondage and S&M porn in the world for a little more insight. It all feels a bit biased and too friendly when no real tough questions are ever asked. Audiences are likely to be surprised by the artistic dedication and camaraderie going on in this highly unusual workplace. (It is also likely they'll want to stick to their current jobs!) A few misconceptions and stigmas about this taboo subject may also be broken, but in the end I was still left wondering why would having a giant phallic drill going inside anyone so violently would be apparently the fantasy of so many millions of people and the driver of so many millions of dollars. A curious and quite entertaining doco that is not for the faint of genitalia. Yes, humans were hurt in the making of this, but remember they liked it. Just don't expect to understand why.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Christina Voros explores the world of sexual bondage and domination through the experiences of five workers at Kink.com.

Director: Christina Voros
Producer: James Franco
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 1, 2016
Runtime: 1h 20m