Good evening everyone,
Today’s review will analyze “Juice” by Maxgrowth Productions. The crowd fundraising effort behind this production called it “JUICE: The Legacy,” but the title screen just lists Juice so I will use the in-film name.
This 24-minute film premiered at 4PM on February 28th during SizeCon 2025 in Portland, Oregon. Yours truly was fortunate enough to attend! (FULL DISCLOSURE: Maxgrowth also provided me a review copy.) Before I discuss Juice, let me briefly describe the people behind this work.
Maxgrowth Productions is based out of Lexington, Kentucky, and makes PG-13 rated fantastical special interest video clips. Special interests in this case are female breast expansion (B.E.) and body inflation with physical prosthetics used to achieve the illusion of growing breasts and swelling bellies. These clips are PG-13 meaning they do not include nudity or overt sex acts. Also of interest, Maxgrowth has assisted and been involved in SizeCon since the beginning. Helping out the size community as a whole is pretty darn cool in my book! (SIDE NOTE: Click here for a 2019 interview with Maxgrowth.)
Furthermore, he was very gracious to provide a review copy and asked for my “unvarnished feedback.” That can be a daunting experience to create something then put it out there to be criticized and picked apart. So credit to Maxgrowth for actively seeking a candid assessment!
Jessa Jupiter Flux starred as Valentina Beauxregard and she was at the SizeCon premiere to answer questions and sign autographs. Jessa has extensive experience in low-budget horror and sci-fi such as “Debbie Does Demons,” “Night of the Dead Sorority Babes,” and “Space Babes from Outer Space.” RedLetterMedia reviewed Debbie Does Demons, along with two other movies by director Donald Farmer, and their discussion can be viewed at YouTube by clicking here.
Tiffany Rena MacMonegle (Rena MacMonegle at IMDb) played Savannah and Stacy Loompa. She even talked to herself at one point when Stacy Loompa told Savannah that a sexual release would grant Valentina a “temporary reprieve” to the blueberry symptoms. Tiffany has performed in dramatic films and shorts such as “In-Laws,” “Neon Sinners,” and “The Rise of Hope.”
Myles Jordan was Valentina’s long-time boyfriend James. I am not certain, but IMDb lists a Myles Jordan in an upcoming horror film called “The Legend of Gourdface” which was filmed in Louisville, Kentucky. Presumably the Myles Jordan in Juice is the same man starring as the wicked scarecrow Gourdface, who has also acted in several other small films.
Rounding out the list of on-screen performers were Craig Lemmons as “Donnie Vexman,” Erika Rodriguez-Wyant as “Veruca Salt,” Kimmy Slattery as “Violet Beauxregard,” Saucy Sapphire as “Lady on TV,” and Sebastian Seagul as “The Reporter.” Overall, the cast’s line delivery was strong and the actors did a good job.
Now that I’ve covered main cast and crew, I want to note that the production experienced a number of challenges since it first started in 2021. These ranged from funding shortfalls to a family member being hurt in a car wreck to a crew member suffering a heart attack. Everyone is okay now, but it is a testament to their dedication that the video was completed.
With that background, let me now outline the story. Most readers are probably familiar with the scene in 1971’s “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” which spawned the blueberry inflation genre. That movie adapted Roald Dahl’s 1964 book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” Since then artists such as BustArtist and adult models such as Bubble Boy and Diane Chrystall have produced blueberry inflation content.
Of interest, the last name of the original character was spelled “Beauregarde” while in Juice the last name was spelled “Beauxregard.”
Juice continues that story and shows a future in which Violet Beauxregard has an adult daughter named Valentina who inherited her mother’s blueberry condition. The chocolate factory pays for Violet’s routine treatments, ergo de-juicing, and Violet has also amassed a number of inflation fans. After Valentina shows signs that she will also turn into a blueberry, human resources (HR) representative Stacy Loompa and unscrupulous lawyer Donnie Vexman sensed a money-making opportunity. The two delayed Valentina’s treatment in order to make more money in a future lawsuit against the candy company. In the absence of proper treatment, Valentina needed best friend Savannah and boyfriend James to help her with a threesome. (Threesomes always make me feel better 😉 ) Nothing graphic was displayed, but in my opinion there was enough soft-core titillation to satisfy blueberry inflation fans while not making this pornographic.
Regarding aspects which could be improved, the two most significant issues were continuity and sound mixing. Starting with continuity there were a few instances when it was slightly confusing whether separate events were taking place in the same place. To give one instance there were establishing shots of the Beauxregard house, seen on the left side of the following screenshot, but in closeups, on the right side of the screenshot, the front door of the house was clearly different. In the establishing shot the door was white while in close-ups that same door was a dark brown. Ideally, the establishing shots would match the close-ups.
Similarly, there was a scene after James and Valentina had made love, shown below on the left. James heard a strange noise and reached under the blanket, shown below on the right. Then he was shocked to discover that his hand was covered in blue liquid indicating that his lover was turning into an enormous blueberry! (As one does…) However, the blankets are obviously not the same in these two scenes so they were filmed using different blankets (possibly altogether different beds) and are a continuity error.
Regarding the sound mixing, background music jumped up in volume beginning at the 3-minute 1-second mark and that made it challenging to understand the conversation between Valentina and her mother Violet. The issue of sound overwhelming speech continued when a reporter interviewed Violet, but eventually the music volume came back down at the 5-minute mark.
The credits did not list a script supervisor (a person who supervises continuity) or a sound mixer so that may explain the aforementioned problems. Nonetheless the positives, including a bit of humor, a fulfilling short story, and the practical effects (make-up by Kasper Meltedhair and Steve-O Shepard, props and special effects by Maxgrowth), outweighed the negatives.
Overall, I highly recommend Juice. Without exaggerating this is the best blueberry inflation film ever made. According to a March 31st Indiegogo update, Max has already sent copies to about 40% of the crowdfunding donors. By the time this review goes online it is quite possible that he will have already sent copies to all the donors.
It is unknown yet how the film will be distributed to non-donors, but I hope Maxgrowth can put it up for sale soon and raise funds for the next movie!
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