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Fifty Shades of Grey

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Fifty Shades of Grey

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Released Feb 13, 2015

2h 5m

Romance

Drama

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When college senior Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) steps in for her sick roommate to interview prominent businessman Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) for their campus paper, little does she realize the path her life will take. Christian, as enigmatic as he is rich and powerful, finds himself strangely drawn to Ana, and she to him. Though sexually inexperienced, Ana plunges headlong into an affair -- and learns that Christian's true sexual proclivities push the boundaries of pain and pleasure.

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Critics Consensus

While creatively better endowed than its print counterpart, Fifty Shades of Grey is a less than satisfying experience on the screen.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

I wish it had either been much better or much worse.

May 28, 2016

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Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

Fifty Shades of Grey delivers, however ponderously, on its promise of pop transgressiveness.

Dec 30, 2015

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Alex Abad-Santos

Vox

This alien quality is what makes Dornan so effective as Christian.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 14, 2015

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Rita Di Santo

Daily Mirror (UK)

As dodgy, ludicrous and funny, as the film might be, as a public spectacle it’s probably not as embarrassing as being seen reading the book

Rated: 3/5

Aug 22, 2024

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Here's a film that is offensive only in how inoffensive it proves to be.

Rated: 1/4

Jul 11, 2022

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Feels like an elegantly made - the cinematography and score are top notch - night time soap opera.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 2, 2021

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carmen M

I love this movie. I read the books. I honestly pictured the Mail character to be different but he wasn’t disappointing. I enjoyed for just like the book.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/03/25

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Ryan H

Read the book. Then don’t read any of the others.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/04/25

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james c

fandango is the worst possible company I've ever dealt with. fandango really sucks. I will be deleting my fandango app. never use this junk app.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/02/22

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Wavy S

I highly enjoyed watching this masterpiece of a film w my 5 and 7 year old nice and nephew. We all specifically enjoyed the part when Christian and the girl got freaky. Great way to teach the young ones sex education.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/06/25

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Amanda D

Mind you, I can't give this film, if you can even call it that, negative stars. Because that's what this piece of garbage deserves. I AM NOT EVEN THIRTY MINUTES INTO THIS FILM, and I have already cringed to the point my face is now permanently stuck like this. I have made and discovered faces that I didn't even know I possessed. Send help. Send a priest. because after this, I need to douse my eyes in holy water just to begin an attempt at washing away this train wreck from my memory. If you are thinking of watching this movie, I'd recommend lighting yourself on fire instead, because that is what you will want to do, not even halfway through this movie. ALSO, how in the **** are you going to direct a movie that is supposed to be kinky and filled with kinks and not know the difference between somnophilia and necrophilia. GET IT RIGHT. you are disrespecting the sacred art of horniness and sleep sex. **** you, directors **** you, actors, because if this acting was just a tad bit better, maybe I wouldn't have had such negative thoughts about this film. In summary: go to hell

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/06/25

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Jay B

Absolutely awful. The guy cast as Grey was a mistake. He was so forgettable I can't recall his name. He didn't live up to the idea my imagination had conjured up whilst reading the book. In my opinion Giulio Berruti would have lived up to, and gone beyond my expectations.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/06/25

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Synopsis

When college senior Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) steps in for her sick roommate to interview prominent businessman Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) for their campus paper, little does she realize the path her life will take. Christian, as enigmatic as he is rich and powerful, finds himself strangely drawn to Ana, and she to him. Though sexually inexperienced, Ana plunges headlong into an affair -- and learns that Christian's true sexual proclivities push the boundaries of pain and pleasure.

Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson
Producer: Michael De Luca, E.L. James, Dana Brunetti
Screenwriter: Kelly Marcel
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: Michael De Luca
Rating: R (Language|Graphic Nudity|Sexual Dialogue|Some Unusual Behavior|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre: Romance, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 13, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $166.1M
Runtime: 2h 5m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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