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Fifty Shades of Grey

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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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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 Full Review Joe Morgenstern Wall Street Journal Fifty Shades of Grey delivers, however ponderously, on its promise of pop transgressiveness. Dec 30, 2015 Full Review Alex Abad-Santos Vox This alien quality is what makes Dornan so effective as Christian. Rated: 3/5 Oct 14, 2015 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review Alexander S I’ve never encountered such abysmal writing, yet it boasts impressive cinematography. 50 Shades of Grey is nothing more than a softcore pornography that falls short of even being remotely sexy. This is especially evident due to the lack of chemistry between the characters, which feels forced and artificial. Moreover, the overall structure of the movie is poorly crafted. However, I don’t hold the screenwriter solely responsible. She did the best she could with the author’s convoluted and incoherent writing. Although there’s one point I can give: you can watch this atrocity for a humorous time. Grading: D- Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/16/25 Full Review Teddy B The tragedy of this film is how it tries to differ from its horrendous source material, actually works, but it dragged down by it at the same time. Johnson quickly wears on the nerves as Ana, clumsy albeit with the uppity pretentiousness of her print counterpart. Dornan works as well as he can into molding Christian into a realistic character. You can feel the small details come to life through the more than competent director, but the presence of E. L James looms over everything, daunting the project for failure. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/15/25 Full Review Fati C This was quite possibly the single worst movie that I have ever seen in my life. No one could act, the writing is terrible, there is zero plot line, the characters are idiots, nothing makes sense, and it's not an enjoyable watch. Half a star for the pure laughter I got from making fun of this movie. If you like this movie, seek help. Bonus: They're both ugly. Oh. And there was zero sexual tension. Felt like two ugly awkward strangers. Can I just mention how she was a virgin? And never was into it but... moved in with him? And then had the audacity to complain about the contract every 5 seconds and pretend to be confused about what was going to happen? After 1 weekend? Kate? Shitty friend. Extra bonus: I cannot even fathom how much I hate this movie and these two characters. It was the longest two hours of my life (because I paused it every 1 second due to being buffalooed and gobsmacked). The directors, writers, and actors should be extremely embarrassed. I pray their children never find this monstrosity. Do I even want to know what happens in the sequel... and *gasp* TREQUEL?? Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/08/25 Full Review Jergan v I worked at AMC when this came out. Awful movie, awful dialog, and cleaning up after the guests was a gross nightmare. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/07/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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