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Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

Sam Taylor-Johnson

Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Max Martini, Eloise Mumford ...

3.6

23,899

Romance. Drama When literature student Anastasia 'Ana' Steele goes to interview young billionaire Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too -but on his own terms. ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter	"Well-cast (...) by turns provocative and romance-novel gooey (...) Dornan['s] (...) performance quickly grows fascinating (...) revealing a disturbingly more animated side of Grey when he next encounters Ana."
		Tim Robey Telegraph	"It proves that age-old saw that great books rarely make great films, whereas barely-literate junk can turn into something ripe and even electric on screen. (...) rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Claudia Puig USA Today	"Sitting through the turgid and tedious S&M melodrama that is 'Fifty Shades of Grey' may feel like its own form of torture. (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"
		Justin Chang Variety	"Glossy, well cast, and a consistent hoot until it becomes a serious drag (...) It's edgier than most grown-up studio fare, but otherwise a fairly mild provocation in this porn-saturated day and age."
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Accept this genuinely sexy, somewhat silly, relatively timid romantic drama on its own escapist terms and you’ll find sufficient pleasure. (...) an elegant, sanitised version of unconventional sexual proclivities."
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Dakota Johnson is the one bright spot in a film that deals with sex by removing the joy of it. (...) Strictly intended for gluttons for punishment-by boredom. (...) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"
		A. O. Scott The New York Times	"[It] might not be a good movie — O.K., it’s a terrible movie — but it might nonetheless be a movie that feels good to see, whether you squirm or giggle or roll your eyes or just sit still and take your punishment."
		David Ehrlich Time Out	"A watered-down adaptation that’s embarrassed to be wet (...) a soft-core erotic drama that fails to be even a fraction as titillating as the E.L. James books that inspired it. And yet, that’s exactly why it works (...) Fifty Shades may not make you come, but you’ll still be glad you went (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Sara Stewart New York Post	"Gone are the truly dreadful aspects of the book, and the biggest surprise may be that Anastasia and Grey have developed senses of humor. Still, the film never pretends to be other than what it really is: soft-core porn for the ladies, diluted with an “R” rating. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Eric Kohn IndieWire	"The movie plays strictly by the book — which is hardly a compliment (...) most viewers will be seeking a safe word to escape this two-hour-plus mess of half-baked excess"
		Stephanie Merry The Washington Post	"A film is a much better adaptation than the source material deserves. (...) there's nothing here we haven't seen before. But there's also nothing as agonizingly awkward as James's prose. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Inkoo Kang The Wrap	"The stylish and mostly satisfying film will be [a blockbuster], and deservedly so (...) Taylor-Johnson's erotic romance is a skillful distillation of James' first book."
		Jordan Hoffman The Guardian	"Sam Taylor-Johnson has taken EL James’s hardcore bonkbuster and given it the meet-cute treatment (...) only the most buttoned-up prude will be scandalised (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Connie Ogle Miami Herald	"Despite what you might fear, the movie is not torture. (...) I hate to confess this, but I’ll probably go back to see part 2. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News	"Johnson is a true find: She's so committed, she makes Ana's every discovery - in or out of the bedroom - convincing. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		FilmAffinity	Box Office Opening Weekend: USA: $85,000,000. Less than month later the film passed $500 million at the global box office (foreign and domestic).

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