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Secretary

2002

Steven Shainberg

James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies, Lesley Ann Warren ...

6.2

10,089

Comedy. Romance A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.

	Author	Review
United States	David Ansen Newsweek	"A feel-good movie about sadomasochism (...) Spader and Gyllenhaal have a hushed, hilarious chemistry."	POS
United States	Richard Roeper Ebert & Roeper	"This is one of those movies that could have gone all wrong, but it hits all the right notes."	POS
United States	Megan Turner New York Post	"Against all odds, director Steven Shainberg has managed to craft an oddly compassionate -- and often very funny -- tale of an emotionally symbiotic affair."	POS
United States	Rene Rodriguez Miami Herald	"The characters in Secretary never feel the least bit human. Their quirks, sexual and otherwise, are all on the surface."	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Approaches the tricky subject of sadomasochism with a stealthy tread, avoiding the dangers of making it either too offensive, or too funny (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Mike Clark USA Today	"Even without the surprise of seeing Spader going for laughs and getting them, Secretary is just too original to be ignored (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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