Cousin Stevie's Pussy Party 15: Unwrapped

CSI/Pure Play Media

Genre: Lesbian

Director: Cousin Stevie

Cast: Rita Faltoyano, Sunny Lane, Flower Tucci, Kayla Paige, Vixen, Roxy Jezel, Darryl Hanah, Naudia Styles

Length: 131 minutes

Date of Production: 4/3/2006

Extras: The extras started off with a 20 minute long Behind the Scenes feature. They were celebrating Flower Tucci's birthday, giving her some great toys as gifts, before the fun moved onto the other gals, including a cute little montage at the end of the show set to music. If you like any of the cast, spend some time seeing them have fun and show some silliness. This was followed by a series of interviews by Stevie with the ladies lasting 17 minutes called Video Bios. There was then a bonus footage segment focusing on a cucumber in the pussy contest lasting 11.5 minutes. Vixen took 8 inches with the others doing less but it was funny seeing how they each did their best with the cold vegetable (with a condom on it). There was a photogallery, a contest where you can bribe Stevie into becoming a judge, and some DVD credits to close it all out.

Condoms: One (on the cucumber)

Audio/Video Quality: Cousin Stevie's Pussy Party 15 was shot in the usual 1.33:1 ratio full frame color as directed by Cousin Stevie for distribution by Pure Play Media. The lighting of this gonzo gem wasn't the best but it was an improvement on previous volumes of the show (keeping in mind that limitations were largely due to the gonzo nature of the show). In order to maintain some sense of spontaneity, the production made use of a roving camera that caused some of the scenes to seem out of place at times. For some of us, the raw energy on display easily compensates for the additional grain and minor video noise this adds while others have expounded on the lack of technical quality this presents. Personally, I'm not a fan of lowering the technical quality for any reason and I often dismiss the belief that gonzo "looks that way" unlike critics elsewhere since I've seen plenty of flat lighting used in some shoots that worked better but Stevie's crew; consisting of Ken Wilkes Booth and Cyrus Cobain on camera, did a decent job this time. In Stevie's case, much like his mentor Seymore Butts, he gets away with minor flaws thanks in large part to the casting choices he makes but it was interesting to see the improvements continue. Still, the composition of many of the shots did enhance the looks of the ladies more than usual too, even if not making them look as nicely as they could have. That said, the production looked pretty good and conveyed a sense of heat in many cases with no observable compression artifacts noticed. The 2.0 Dolby Digital audio was basic with no separation between the channels and about the level of quality I'd expect from a generic gonzo movie but I could hear all the action going on and that's the important thing.

Body of Review: Cousin Stevie is the grumpy older man from the Seymore Butts universe as seen on the Showtime series Family Business. To say that he adds a sense of humor and delight that no one else in the cast does isn't going far enough, even if the general premise is about fans trying to catch a glimpse of their favorite porn performers rather than laugh out loud. Well, a few years back, Stevie started a lesbian series where gals would compete against one another in various categories, the winner earning extra money. Today's review is of the latest volume, Cousin Stevie's Pussy Party 15: Unwrapped, a celebration of a very special birthday party; that of Flower Tucci. The format for the contest seemed almost tossed out the window and that was a shame since the concept is viable, even if past volumes were uneven in the way they were presented. So, without further ado, here's a look at the scenes by cast and action, noting that the only condom used was in the bonus contest scene with the cucumber plunged for depth:

Scene One: Masturbation: Rita Faltoyano, Sunny Lane, Flower Tucci, Kayla Paige, Vixen, Roxy Jezel, Darryl Hanah, and Naudia Styles were up in the first segment with the cast engaging in solo masturbation scenes. Naudia was first with some jilling and vibrator use on her ass (with lots of dirty talk and ATM). Rita then showed off that sweet moneymaker of hers, Sunny using her innocence act, and the others giving some warmish acts. Roxy and Flower's short bits were the best of the batch for me in most ways but none of them were tough to watch.

Scene Two: Couples Sex: The next session was devoted to the ladies who would each get one partner to play with at a time. Roxy and Darryl opened up the show and the ladies would be going at it all at the same time (with the individual scenes edited together). For me, it was no contest in that Flower and Rita were on fire but it was a lesbian light bit of fluff between most of the gals. Light spanking, going down on one another, and some rubbing were all taking place with dirty talk but this was another area in need of more structure (as well as more Rita versus Flower action).

Scene Three: Group Sex: The gals then broke up into two groups of four ladies each. Rita, Flower, Sunny, and Naudia took part on one couch while Darryl, Roxy, Vixen and Kayla were in the other. They all used large sex toys of varying quality to get off on, sometimes pairing up and other times the entire foursome would be working on one another (or at least three on one). The loud yelling came across as fake at times but the way they'd be all over each other in a chaotic sort of way was kind of weird. This was one section where the editing wasn't as good as it should have been though I'm not going to suggest any of the ladies really stood out this time beyond my personal tastes (I try to be fair and point out who did the best job on the merits rather than my preference for a gal or two).

Scene Four: The Orgy: The final scene was a big orgy with the entire cast participating with a series of pullies in a sex swing. Stevie assisted with a large mechanical screwing device and Flower was a good choice to begin the scene but even the use of lots of toys didn't really help when the gals seemed to lack any real chemistry together. I have no doubt that the ladies had fun and the water works the gals provided were about as similar as I expected but the fun factor varied more than a little bit and the reason I enjoyed it so much was related more to my hots for a trio of the cast. Darryl was last up but I found the awards at the end interesting for a couple of reasons. First, there were no obvious judges as in previous volumes of the series. Second, while the trio of ladies I liked all won the best prizes, Flower was better than Rita in terms of the footage shown in the movie (and by more than "one point"). I'll admit that the two stood head and shoulders above the others but still…

Summary: Cousin Stevie's Pussy Party 15 was a nice way to have some fun on the birthday of Flower Tucci; even if the concept of the contest seemed lost until the very end of the DVD. Some kind of opener as in previous volumes would've been nice and the rough cut nature of the DVD as a whole bugged me a bit. I liked the cast enough to let it squeak by with a rating of Recommended but it almost didn't make the cut for a number of reasons. In any case, if you like lesbian fun and lots of playfulness, Cousin Stevie's Pussy Party 15 was very strokable and well worth your time. Stevie's a sharp guy and hopefully, he'll reign in his production team better but the visuals were pretty good even if the editing was weak.