Variable performances lessen impact of homosexual priest saga

A Priest&apos;s Confession

I love it when Nica Noelle utilizes a mixed cast in her on-paper all-girl or all-boy dramas, and &quot;A Priest&apos;s Confession&quot; benefits from her adding the talented Elexis Monroe and renaissance woman Mich Masoch to the roster of gay guys. Unfortunately not all of those guys are Stella Adler graduates.

Jimmy Fanz as Father Daniel walks through the lead role as a troubled young priest, who finds himself questioning his calling. Story is set in motion when he tells Father O&apos;Ryan (Boston Miles giving a superlatively sinister -without the expected Kevin Spacey hamminess - performance) that he&apos;s suffering from unholy urges - even masturbating to gay porn.

Corrupt O&apos;Ryan sends altar boy Adam (sloppy end credits spell it &quot;Alter&quot;, almost a pun) to visit Daniel to service him sexually, a horrific prospect that has our hero sending the boy away. Not to worry fans - Adam&apos;s punishment for failing to fulfill his assignment is O&apos;Ryan meting out some rough sex on the kid, but in a porn video the boy ends up loving it. 

Daniel journeys home, abandoning his parish while he sorts his life out. His mom is very sympathetic, as played by Mich Masoch, who previously appeared in Nica&apos;s ensemble film &quot;Table for 12&quot;. More relevant is Elexis as his sister Felecia, who brings over her fiancé to dinner. 

As luck would have it, the fiancé Stephen Lockwood played by Nica regular Tommy Defendi had earlier briefly made an unholy though brief connection with Father Daniel in his confessional, so both men are shocked by the turn of events.

Nica&apos;s direction is superb in a telling little scene of Elexis (self-described as &quot;living in sin&quot;) in bed awaiting Stephen, who after chatting with her makes a bee- line for the bathroom (&quot;I forgot to brush my teeth&quot;) when she asks for a kiss - telling fadeout, and a frisson for the fans who don&apos;t expect this action in a gay video, and especially involving a lesbian cinema icon like Monroe.

While Mom &amp; Felecia are away at yoga, Stephenl relieves himself with a one- night stand with Rod Daily, who ambiguously is either a pick-up or a prostitute. This vignette is reprised as a bonus item on Nica&apos;s subsequent DVD &quot;The Psycho&quot; which starred Daily.

Without warning, Daniel returns to his church, leaving Stephen in the lurch. He&apos;s back in the confessional, and in a well-written montage has to listen to a succession of parishioners telling him their petty sins, like &quot;I text while I drive&quot;. Without spoiling it, Nica&apos;s ending is inevitable and open-ended as usual.

Fanz&apos;s flat line readings detract immensely from the power of this story, and Defendi, usually more reliable, is not forceful enough either to make the relationship work. Nica gets her requisite sex scenes but this should have been a much better feature had the sex performers delivered better acting.

I love it when Nica Noelle utilizes a mixed cast in her on-paper all-girl or all-boy dramas, and "A Priest's Confession" benefits from her adding the talented Elexis Monroe and renaissance woman Mich Masoch to the roster of gay guys. Unfortunately not all of those guys are Stella Adler graduates.

Jimmy Fanz as Father Daniel walks through the lead role as a troubled young priest, who finds himself questioning his calling. Story is set in motion when he tells Father O'Ryan (Boston Miles giving a superlatively sinister -without the expected Kevin Spacey hamminess - performance) that he's suffering from unholy urges - even masturbating to gay porn.

Corrupt O'Ryan sends altar boy Adam (sloppy end credits spell it "Alter", almost a pun) to visit Daniel to service him sexually, a horrific prospect that has our hero sending the boy away. Not to worry fans - Adam's punishment for failing to fulfill his assignment is O'Ryan meting out some rough sex on the kid, but in a porn video the boy ends up loving it. 

Daniel journeys home, abandoning his parish while he sorts his life out. His mom is very sympathetic, as played by Mich Masoch, who previously appeared in Nica's ensemble film "Table for 12". More relevant is Elexis as his sister Felecia, who brings over her fiancé to dinner. 

As luck would have it, the fiancé Stephen Lockwood played by Nica regular Tommy Defendi had earlier briefly made an unholy though brief connection with Father Daniel in his confessional, so both men are shocked by the turn of events.

Nica's direction is superb in a telling little scene of Elexis (self-described as "living in sin") in bed awaiting Stephen, who after chatting with her makes a bee- line for the bathroom ("I forgot to brush my teeth") when she asks for a kiss - telling fadeout, and a frisson for the fans who don't expect this action in a gay video, and especially involving a lesbian cinema icon like Monroe.

While Mom & Felecia are away at yoga, Stephenl relieves himself with a one- night stand with Rod Daily, who ambiguously is either a pick-up or a prostitute. This vignette is reprised as a bonus item on Nica's subsequent DVD "The Psycho" which starred Daily.

Without warning, Daniel returns to his church, leaving Stephen in the lurch. He's back in the confessional, and in a well-written montage has to listen to a succession of parishioners telling him their petty sins, like "I text while I drive". Without spoiling it, Nica's ending is inevitable and open-ended as usual.

Fanz's flat line readings detract immensely from the power of this story, and Defendi, usually more reliable, is not forceful enough either to make the relationship work. Nica gets her requisite sex scenes but this should have been a much better feature had the sex performers delivered better acting.

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