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Positive Reviews
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Negative reviews
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3.2
The movie Fifty Shades of Grey is considerably better written than the book.
EW
2.5
In the annals of sexually charged event cinema, Fifty Shades of Grey barely lights a candle let alone combusts with unbridled forbidden passion.
Rogerebert
2.0
He doesnt have a commanding enough presence to be believable in his role, though at least hes got the brooding right.
Common Sense Media
2.2
No matter its salacious reputation, Fifty Shades of Grey retains an uninvolving quality to the proceedings.
Indie Wire
1.5
In that respect, theres something at once underwhelming and almost heartening about the sleek, professional softcore spectacle of Fifty Shades of Grey ..
Variety
1.5
A truly erotic drama, which Taylor Johnson may have been making before James laid down the law, is as careful about what it doesnt show what it choose ..
We Got This Covered
3.0
Fifty Shades of Grey is a sex positive but hopelessly soft core erotic drama that fails to be even a fraction as titillating as the E.L. James books t ..
Time Out
1.0
Fifty Shades Of Grey: has sex in cinema become boring Read more But rest assured its not just about spanking.
The Guardian
3.0
After the reams of commentary EL James books have inspired (and recent faith based protests) this big screen adaptation still manages to be about peop ..
The Guardian
2.5
Which isnt to say that we dont form a relationship with these creatures.
1.5
My God, this thing goes on. By the time the two get busy in Christians playroom, the oomph has gone out of the whole erotic setup ...
Vulture
1.5
Aiming to please, the filmmakers submit without hesitation to the bold yet hokey source material, with leads Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson breathing ..
The Hollywood Reporter
2.0
That the couples chemistry is nonexistent also doesnt help sell the story.
1.5
Reviewers have complained about Ms. Jamess pedestrian prose, but the bad writing serves an important purpose.
The New York Times
1.6
Sexuality isnt deviance, love isnt this magical, and Christian Grey playing sad songs on a piano after sex isnt endearing.
Paste Magazine
4.0
The script isnt afraid to call a spade a spade here: Find anal fisting.
Telegraph
0.5
An unashamed and genially preposterous fairy tale, a kind of Cinderella with restraints, 50 Shades is about as believable as Jack and the Beanstalk, a ..
2.5
Still, Im not going to pretend I didnt like this movie, just as I cant pretend theres nothing wrong with it.
San Francisco Chronicle
2.0
Unfortunately, Jamie Dornan doesnt muster that right kind of intensity on the big screen.
The Young Folks
2.0
Neither a camp laughing stock nor a shocking study of sexual obsession, Fifty Shades Of Grey starts well but fumbles in the dark. See it for Dakota Jo ..
1.5
Christian finds himself captivated by Ana, who herself cant help but be entranced by the enigmatic and devilishly attractive billionaire.
Cinema Blend
3.0
Johnson is a true find: Shes so committed, she makes Anas every discovery in or out of the bedroom convincing.
Ny Daily News
2.5
Fifty Shades of Grey is by no means a masterpiece. Yet there are moments where it rises above the material thanks to the lovely Dakota Johnson who is ..
JoBlo
2.0
Unfortunately for the Fifty Shades of Grey movie, a solid cast, good director and unique premise only help to expose the inherent weaknesses of the so ..
Screen Rant
2.5
The very act of seeing an erotic film with your significant other may be enough to spark that sex drive, and even if your libidos arent tickled, your ..
The Globe And Mail
2.5
Isnt the stuff of bondage and discipline, sexual role play, silky blindfolds, and whips and floggers supposed to be, well, exciting
Philly
1.5
And ultimately thats the essential problem with Fifty Shades of Greyits a tease.
One Guys Opinion
1.9
His intense eye contact and pseudo innuendo come ons arent lost on her.
Rogers Movie Nation
1.9
The interaction between sweet Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) and cold Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) isnt kinky; its twisted.
ReelViews
1.5
An Ambien pill...While a follow up is likely, its a bit presumptuous, and if its anything like the first installment, its about as welcome as a splint ..
Blu Ray
1.5
They haggle over a written contract that dictates exactly what acts shes willing to have performed on her, because thats his idea of foreplay.
Tv Guide
1.3
Anastasia is a problem. Christian is one, too. We spend most of the movie trying to figure out which character is the bigger one.
Mark Reviews Movies
2.5
...director Sam Taylor Johnson attempts to make a silk purse out of a sows ear, but while she leavens the experience with some well mined character hu ..
1.3
Being of sound mind and intact virginity, Anastasia doesnt take Christians proposition lightly, which translates to dull scenes of her mulling things ..
Usa Today
3.1
Dornan doesnt fare quite as well, admittedly, and its worth noting that the chemistry between the two performers isnt nearly as electric as one mightv ..
Reel Film Reviews
2.0
Think World of Interiors meets The Little Book of Bondage, and you may get the picture, which starts out hilarious, becomes ludicrous and finally dubi ..
The Times
2.0
Both actors are trapped by the rigid banality of their characters, and they fail to manufacture any chemistry without that heat, this is just a story ..
News Review
1.5
To pad that, theres the occasionally touched upon mystery of why he doesnt do the girlfriend thing and wont open up to her emotionally.
Screen It
1.3
If youre still with me, and I dont blame you if youre not, this kind of Cinderella porn is what substitutes for the books darker, bloodier fantasies.
Rolling Stone
3.3
The stylish and mostly satisfying film adaptation by director Sam Taylor Johnson (Nowhere Boy) will be too, and deservedly so.
The Wrap
1.3
Despite the endless sex, a highly unsatisfying encounter. Cold as a fish and almost as dumb.
News Day
2.2
Anastasia doesnt really know what to make of this guy and neither do we.
Cs Monitor
3.8
Im guessing most boardrooms would never encounter the kind of terms theyre flirtatiously tossing around: Genital clamps Absolutely not.)
New York Post
2.0
And the lack of a signature doesnt prevent them from going into his playroom anyway.
Az Central
3.0
He doesnt do the romance thing, shes been schooled in 19th century fiction.
Smh
1.5
Its not like director Sam Taylor Johnson doesnt know how to do female gazey!
2.5
The movie also doesnt meander the way the book does, although for those keeping score at home, Christian doesnt administer his first spanking until th ..
Toronto Star
2.0
The Northern Irish actor Jamie Dornan has a tougher time as Christian Grey, not least because hes playing such a preposterous figure Dakota Johnson, t ..
Daily Mail
2.0
New York Daily News The mediocre plot, bland characters and tepid tone dont do any favours.
Daily Mail
1.5
For a film that demonstrates a fractured romance built around the sadomasochistic relationship, I suggest Secretary.
Cinema Crazed
1.5
I wouldnt say that Taylor Johnson has made a good movie from Fifty Shades of Grey, precisely. Thats asking too much.
Salon
1.5
Needless to say that doesnt bode well for presence in the boudoir. (
Slate
3.0
Given the constraints and need to please its considerable fan base, this sleek, fairly trim and occasionally sensual adaptation is the best imaginable ..
Flim List
4.5
Perfectly capturing the tone of E.L. James sensational best selling novel, this tale of control, sex and submission is tantalizing, titillating and pr ..
2.5
An English Lit major, shes clumsy and flustered; hes icily formal and arrogant.
Susang Ranger
2.5
Unfortunately, Sam Taylor Johnson doesnt remotely succeed in Fifty Shades of Grey, the doomed movie version of the trashy best seller by E.L. James th ..
Observer
1.0
Jamie Dornan doesnt even show his dinker donker but Dakota Johnson is admirably game to bear all.
Flickering Myth
2.0
If so, make sure you dont have your safe words stolen on the internet.
Flim Threet
1.5
Gone is Jamess careless jargon; Anastasia doesnt keep saying Holy crap!
Time
3.0
It is unashamed tosh but at least director Sam Taylor Johnson has fashioned it into tosh with a touch of class.
Express
2.2
With silly, theres no better word to describe the whole endeavor.
The Film Stage
3.1
Fifty Shades of Grey turns out to be an intriguing tussle not in the sack, or in the Red Room of Pain, but in its internal war between the dubious ero ..
Chicago Tribune
3.1
The director of the much anticipated adaptation, Sam Taylor Johnson, made what could have been a trashy TV movie into well conceived cinema.
Boston Globe
0.5
Fifty Shades Of Grey is embarrassing and depressing, especially when considering the picture as a reflection of the quality and state of mainstream mo ..
Blogs Indie Wire
0.5
Its been said that the movie contains 20 minutes of sex; if this is the case, it must contain at least 40 minutes of Ana biting her lip or putting a p ..
The Atlantic
4.0
Instead we get pictures, well shot, classily framed and thats a huge improvement on the book.
Standard
1.0
Johnson does a lot of moaning and groaning...leading me to visualize a director wearing plus fours with a megaphone...out of camera range, yelling, Mo ..
Tony Medley
2.0
Bland and dull, except for the rare moments when it is unintentionally hilarious, all Fifty Shades has to teach the curious is that it doesnt matter h ..
2.5
But heres a modest proposal: lets try to be grown ups about Fifty Shades of Grey, the big screen adaptation of E. L. James erotic novel.
Groucho Reviews
2.8
I never thought Id say this about a bigscreen adaptation of 50 Shades Of Grey, but its true: the damn things just not trashy enough.
Hit Fix
1.9
The abrupt non ending that left my audience yelling at the screen doesnt count.)
Aisle Seat
1.5
t promotes female empowerment within the safe culturally approved traditional female roles as submissive and as seeking a powerful Prince Charming to ..
Forbes
3.5
Fifty Shades of Grey is an entertaining, witty, and yes occasionally sexy fable of female assertiveness disguised as a tale of submission.
Forbes
2.5
It doesnt help at all that many of the fleshier escapades are shot like a next gen 9 1/2 Weeks. (
Herald Sun
2.8
Its also something you dont see every day: adult, erotic, non pornographic entertainment in mainstream theaters.
Consequence Of Sound
1.5
I dont know how much humor Taylor Johnson hoped to include, but a good deal of laughter punctuated a preview screening.
Movie Habit
3.0
The first Fifty Shades movie is a surprisingly hilarious piece of cinema thats equal parts sci fi and romantic comedy.
Vox
3.0
Taylor Johnson affectionately adheres to the genre conventions, though thats not say this picture isnt unique of its own right.
Hey U Guys
2.5
The directors continuing unhappiness probably didnt help Dornans confidence, but its easy to see why shes so upset.
Oregon Live
2.0
This movie is a mess. Its glacially slow, boasts a laughably clichd soundtrack Beast Of Burden, anyone and is plainly a cash grabbing set up to promot ..
Now Toronto
1.5
Whats troubling and somewhat dangerous is that underneath the twisted sex, this story contains the same template of every aspirational romance.
Film Ink
2.0
Whats important is that the novel began life as Twilight fan fiction. That tells you everything you need to know.
Maki At The Movies
1.0
might need to be handcuffed to their seats and wonder how something so wildly popular could be so stiflingly unerotic.
Cine Vue
3.5
The only thing Dakota Johnson cant pull off is her characters over dramatic name she introduces herself as Anastasia Steele like an apology.
La Weekly
3.0
Its a sly and often striking romantic drama that fails entirely as erotica.
Digital Spy
3.2
Fifty Shades of Grey isnt the howling pornucopia it could be, but its sexy enough, spank you very much.
Tamp A Bay
3.0
Some scenes are hot and steamy, and some, frankly, a little dull, but theres nothing to make you feel embarrassed or uncomfortable.
Nz Herald
3.1
Its not overstating the case to say that Dakota Johnson achieves stardom with this role. She mines moments of humor that help offset the soul searchin ..
Kansas City
1.9
Unofficially titled, So, Can I Spank You or What, Grey leaves you with a question you dont want to ask after a movie or after sex: Is that it
Red Eye Chicago
2.5
I guess what I found to be so surprising is how a movie about weird, erotic, passionate sex could wind up being so dull.
Stl Today
2.5
And, oh yeah, hes into kinky sex, including bondage, spanking, and domination.
Screen Crush
3.5
After all the hype, its impossible not to expect steam from this adaptation of E.L. James mommy porn bestseller
Contact Music
2.0
The bad news is it isnt anything except for a strangulated softcore mess.
Film Racket
4.5
Fifty Shades of Grey is not the lame, hot and bothered fantasy romance many, including myself, thought it would be. Its got wit and humor and a modest ..
Vanity Fair
3.0
He doesnt relish his characters highs and lows, leaving the audience to beg for more acting chops.
Ib Times
2.0
Dornan does whats required with Grey, but hes a real no one boy, who just happens to have a massive chopper.
The Arts Desk
1.5
The E.L. James trilogy has already earned three successive fortunes in a triumph of provocative content over pitiful prose style.
Wsj
1.9
In other words, its fairly typical Hollywood sex with the modest addition of some whips, straps, etc.
2.8
One minute shes acting life a shocked, nave, innocent school girl.
The Film Pie
2.0
A dominant/submissive relationship doesnt originate from a professional interview.
Hollywood Chicago
3.5
Director Sam Taylor Johnsons film adaptation is funny (often intentionally!),
Cinemix Tape
3.0
The bedroom scenes are not cheesy no soft focus, candlelight drenched, tasteful blurriness here.
Straits Times
3.0
Its no Clint Eastwoods superheroic saving of The Bridges of Madison County, but itll do.
Metro New York
2.0
Dornan and Johnson do the best with what theyre given, but theres an overwhelming whiff of vanilla here.
One Room With A View
3.0
These two star crossed lovers have a lot more to negotiate than just the path to true love.
Sbs
1.5
Its not, as you mightve heard, this years Showgirls, a deliciously terrible so bad its good retelling of the notorious novel.
Flavor Wire
1.5
Attempts to capture the appeal of a classical Victorian romance tragedy and all but has neither the complexity nor the historical context necessary to ..
Crave Online
1.9
For the record, theres plenty of skin in the infamous Red Room of Pain but very little erotic charge.
Mercury News
2.5
So even if bondage isnt your thing, you might want to submit to a few MP3 downloads.
Bitly
1.0
Instead, there is this cynical, perfunctorily directed, guileless, sexless and artless re tread of the novel the worst kind of fan, and potential fran ..
The Skinny
0.5
A desultory dud, that swaps out prolonged and explicit intercourse for tame (conceived as tasteful) inserts, padded out by the troubled relationship b ..
The Ooh Tray
1.5
Fifty Shades of Grey is so much smarter than its source material, but smarter in this case doesnt mean better.
The Mary Sue
1.3
I expect most viewers would rather see the filmmakers take this franchise in a different direction. How about Fifty Shades of The Grey, with the two v ..
Clclt
1.5
Those who take their significant others to see it this Valentines Day may find the evening ends with a soft kiss on the cheek rather than a night full ..
2.5
Perhaps its time for all of us to recognize that fantasies come in a great many more than 50 shades and that theyre not real.
Seven Day Svt
4.5
Wheres the sex Wheres the feminist agenda This isnt BDSM, this is domestic abuse.
Bfi
0.5
Failing to balance emotional wreckage with the sex symbol hes supposed to be, the character comes off as stiff (no pun intended) and way too easy to d ..
From The Balcony
1.3
I fault no one for whatever it is that gets their crank turning, but if this movie is working you need to take that thing out for a spin far more ofte ..
National Post
4.5
Listen, the bondage lifestyle is a perfectly acceptable one for consenting, knowledgeable adults.
People
1.0
For anyone who isnt the target audience, i.e., privileged (largely white, middle aged) heterosexual women, Fifty Shades of Grey plays like Alternative ..
Ion Cinema
1.5
Sam Taylor Johnsons film version is neither as bad as it could have been nor as good as it needs to be.
New States Man
4.5
It may not be your conventional Valentines Day date movie, but it looks set to give audiences more pleasure than pain.
The New Paper
4.5
And the psychology doesnt pass the simplest of tests: Christian was submissive to an older woman while a teenager, and now, well, thats just how I am!
New City Film
3.0
Without the baggage of having read the book, the synopsis or even the films Wikipedia page, Fifty Shades of Grey unspools as a surprisingly engaging s ..
Tiny Url
3.2
Johnson has a natural warmth, intelligence, and humor that come across on screen and go a long way toward making the movie less silly than it could ha ..
Movie Mom
4.5
What emerges in Fifty Shades of Grey is perhaps the best finished product that could rise from the depths of a compromised starting point.
Trespass Mag
1.0
Fifty Shades of Grey is a mind numbing, soul destroying, excruciating bore.
Toronto Sun
2.0
These two beautiful people dont appear to be having a good time when theyre doing it.
Daily Film Fix
2.5
She asks why hes so weird, and (spoiler alert) he admits hes fifty shades of, um, messed up.
Theepoch Times
1.9
Hes worldly, handsome and powerful; shes mousy, flustered and enchanted by him.
Qc Times
1.5
Actually, most sex scenes in movies dont interest me, but thats another issue.)
Fw Weekly
2.5
Still not bad for being based on a book with a narrator who exclaims jeez while in the throes of orgasm and talks about her bottom like shes a 4 year ..
Columbus Alive
1.9
Whats worse than the boring sex scenes, however, is the rest of the boring movie.
Sf Examiner
1.5
Unlike Stephenie Meyers Twilight books, theres no torture in the breathless writing.
Grant Land
1.5
He doesnt want a lover: he wants a submissive (honest to God quote from the movie: I dont make love.
Blog Bullz Eye
3.1
Be it known that enjoying the film doesnt require absorbing the source material or even craving an intellectual odyssey.
Hollywood Into To
2.5
This flick isnt intended to be a polished work of high art you just want an escapist night out.
Us Magazine
3.5
My mind screams Noooooooo! This movie sucks and is offensive on so many different levels, but damn my lady parts....Jamie Dornans abs beat me into sub ..
Wp Me
2.5
I have seen more heat and more skin in late night offerings on Cinemax. Ive seen more realistic romance in young adult movies, and Ive seen better act ..
Tulsa World
1.3
It looks and feels like a sequel to Twilight, with deadly dull talk about S&M replacing endless consternation over turning into one of the undead.
Am Ny
1.0
While the film is arguably no better or worse than its literary source, it does shatter the fantasies of sexual desire and sexual pleasure constructed ..
Film Ireland
0.5
Who would have thought, a Twilight ripoff actually being inferior to its already inferior inspiration.
Graffiti With Punctuation
1.9
As far as the love story at the heart of Shades, the aloof, thinly inked title character, Christian Grey (Dornan), a reclusive billionaire, doesnt do ..
Cambridge Day
4.0
While hes meant to be an enigma the actor playing him shouldnt treat him as such, which is what Dornan does.
Honey Cutts Hollywood
4.5
The sex scenes merely serve as a basis for the real appeal of the film, that is, the shifting emotions and back and forth of whos got the edge
Kaplan Vs Kaplan
1.0
Dornans pursey, covert smile cant animate this empty suit of a character.
Metro Active
1.5
Fifty Shades isnt ha ha cheesy fun. It isnt tee hee quasi dirty fun. Its terrible. On almost every level.
Review Journal
1.5
For someone whos supposed to be sexually irresistible, Christian simply doesnt sizzle.
Mac Guff
4.5
Jamie Dornan didnt bring enough of that dark, psychopathic brilliance from his time in The Fall and beardless he just isnt very sexy.
Battle Royale With Cheese
3.1
Despite what you might fear, the movie is not torture. And even if it doesnt inspire lust, you will breathe a warm sigh of relief, thinking: This coul ..
Miami
1.5
Most women today bear many years worth of memories of cruel, honor draining encounters.
World Wng
1.5
Fifty Shades of Grey is one of the landmark works of the new millenium, the novel that proved definitively Americans will suffer through anything for ..
Willamette Week
1.9
Dornan simply doesnt have the ability to truly offer up deep, unimaginable pain and self loathing. Hes just not that talented an actor, and if the par ..
Ut Sandiego
2.5
On the other hand, as Christian Grey, Dornan does everything hes asked to do, but hes just not the intimidating, confused, tortured presence hes suppo ..
Abc News Go
1.5
Doe eyed heroines non animated version dont come much doe ier eyed than Johnson.
Saportare Port
1.9
Fifty Shades of Grey might fulfill any lusty cravings to see the lunging unclothed bums of reasonably attractive people, but ultimately, it teases the ..
MLive.com
1.9
Waiting patiently for something genuinely sexy to happen is a lost cause; the movie does not dare be raw or uninhibited enough to exhibit true passion ..
The Film File
1.5
That possibility doesnt exist, just like a sighting of the male leads penis.
The Diva Review
1.5
A relatively chaste, arguably feminist interpretation of the BDSM fairy tale.
L.A. Biz
1.0
But the fact that Christian Grey is so much less imposing than Christian Bale isnt entirely Dornans fault.
Bbc
1.5
The films intense commitment to being dull makes you long for sparkly vampires and werewolves.
Bad Ass Digest
3.5
But I have to say it was the score itself.Its how it emotionally made me feel.
Huffing Ton Post
2.0
But as silver screen sizzler it lacks is some old fashioned zip as if its characters are middle aged and not wrapped up in tender, young throes of pas ..
Birmingham Mail
2.0
I was more aroused by the immaculate shine on Christians piano than anything in his boudoir of bondage: a set designer must have spent hours buffing t ..
Liver Pool Echo
1.5
The entire palate of the film was cool and gray, which doesnt do much to incite passion.
At Home In Hollywood
2.8
If youve bought your tickets because youre hoping to see Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey minus his expensive wardrobe youll be sorely disappointed.
Showbiz Junkies
0.5
To put it plainly, theres nothing redeeming here not the acting, writing, directing or even the, um, action scenes, during which you just feel bad for ..
Stardem
4.5
As youre doubtless aware, its the story of a virginal, romantic English major, Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson), who gets involved with a handsome, u ..
Vogue
2.5
The former Calvin Klein underwear model is great to look at, but he doesnt convince as an S&M aficionado.
Twin Cities
1.5
The dialogue is terrible and Dornans Grey is so humourless that any vaguely funny lines fall utterly flat. On the plus side Johnson does her best with ..
Caution Spoilers
4.5
This isnt really a BDSM story, like Secretary, The Piano Teacher or Nymphomaniac.
Junkee
2.0
When you take a close look at Fifty Shades of Grey, it becomes painfully clear that its basically a plethora of sex scenes strung together with a bare ..
The Blus Pot
2.5
The second half of the film devolves into something that resembles tedious, melodramatic daytime TV.
Sa Current
0.5
No one said the masochism part of the story in Fifty Shades of Grey had to do with what the audience would be put through.
Fres Nobee
1.5
Hell, it isnt even the apparent misrepresentation of the BDSM lifestyle.
Blogs Houston Press
1.3
Is it a love story A sexual fantasy A contemporary adult romance Or simply female exploitation.
Reel Bob
4.5
It doesnt get much more in depth than that plot wise, but character wise theres actually a lot going on here.
3.1
Sometimes a book should just remain a book and in the case of Fifty Shades of Grey that is exactly the case.
Daily Journal
2.0
Fifty Shades of Grey will draw you in out of curiosity and possibly hopes of a good movie, then leave you wondering why you agreed to such a thing in ..
ComicBook.com
1.0
There is little more critical than to say a third of the film had people laughing at dialogue, and the other two thirds wiggling in their seats, not f ..
3.0
It may be perfectly sufficient that, above all else, Fifty Shades of Grey captures the shallow essence of its source material.
Screen Space(Squarespace)
3.0
Director Sam Taylor Johnson has achieved the movie equivalent of turning Charles Manson into everyones favourite old uncle.
Daily Record
2.2
The retention of the style of the book and its settings merges with a cinematic story more focused on buildup than execution.
The Monitor
2.5
The fine line between abuse and pleasure is so thin its almost non existent. Here is a Valentines Day movie that will certainly make bank, but you are ..
Fox News
1.5
Taylor Johnson doesnt do anthing revolutionary, but her direction is more than serviceable.
Cines Nark
2.0
When Christian sweeps the demure Anastasia off her feet and into his world of penthouse and helicopter luxury and sadomasochistic sex, what lies in st ..
Movie Talk
1.5
In fact, I cant recall another film about sex, in any form, that is as unsexy as this one.
Haaretz
1.9
Certainly there is an audience out there for this kind of story, and with any luck neither you nor I will ever have to interact with it.
The Cinema Phile Blog
2.0
In the lacking of an engaging subjectivity, the narrative of sexual awakening falls flat.
Four Three Film
1.2
Were constantly told in life that women long for humor, tenderness and honesty, yet that doesnt seem to be the case here.
Charlotte Observer
3.0
I cant help but feel that if this was subtitled and in Polish or French or something, then critics would be losing their collective minds over it.
Movies 8 My Life Blog Spot ..
1.5
Although its only a sort of sexy film nothing in it comes close to the eroticism of laundering lingerie in The Duke of Burgundy and a fairly tame one ..
Seventh Row
1.0
She doesnt sign the agreement but does lose her virginity to him.
Movies About
4.0
Sr. Rose Pacatte, a member of the Daughters of St. Paul, is the founding Director of the Pauline Center for Media Studies in Los Angeles.
Ncr Online
2.0
If soft core porn is your thing go for it but thats about all youll get. Not a lot of grey matter used writing the script of Fifty Shades of Grey.
Kxl
1.3
One day, it may become a bad movie/cult classic the kind of film that people go to laugh at, like Showgirls.
Ny 1
0.0
If this was written by Adam Sandler, groups of offended ladies would be outside theaters protesting with pitchforks and torches. Also, we wouldnt be l ..
Dcw50
2.5
Theres no escape from the silly, pulpy predictability of Fifty Shades of Grey.
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) ..
2.5
There really isnt enough meat here to cobble together a real movie, but you cant blame Taylor Johnson for not trying.
The Concourse Deads
1.5
Dornan doesnt fare any better when called on to suggest depths of psychological turmoil.
Reverse Shot
2.5
You wouldve put the book down after reading the characters name on the third page: Anastasia Steele Puh lease!
North Shore News (Vancouve ..
3.1
Johnson brings some wonder and vulnerability to her part, but even with a listenable soundtrack, the song that most comes to mind is Peggy Lees Is Tha ..
Hampt On Roads
1.5
By the next level I mean a courtship that doesnt take three movies and change to get to actual intercourse and which doesnt fade to black once it reac ..
Miamiartzine
1.5
Besides, I spend fifty one weeks a year watching and reviewing infantile male fantasies about a bunch of dudes dressing up in spandex punching and/or ..
Spliced Personality Word P ..
2.0
Yet those problems rarely register when watching the movie, because of how unengaging and humourless the entire debacle is.
2.8
If this were a parody of romance, the film might be considered valid; but somehow the cast and crew appear to treat the venture as realistic.
Compuserve
0.5
Presumably the sequels will explore forbidden taboos like character development and plot.
3.0
So, what is the film like What doesnt help this film is the choice lines retained from E.L James book.
1.8
Hell, he doesnt even look like hes enjoying it when hes spanking her.
1.5
So enjoy some ridiculous banter in an uninformed exploration of a subject thats not even that taboo anymore.
Guff
2.0
For a movie that traffics in the promise of sexual adventure, its founded upon a woefully conservative narrative.
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