Fifty Shades of Grey

Name: Fifty Shades of Grey
Genre: Drama, Romance, Adult
Released: February 13, 2015
Duration: 125 min
Rating: 46
Cast: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan

2015

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Focus Features | Release Date: February 13, 2015 | R

Starring: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan

Summary: Recent college graduate Anastasia Steele begins a sexually charged relationship with handsome, yet tormented billionaire Christian Grey.

Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson

Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Adult

Rating: R

Runtime: 125 min

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The Telegraph Tim Robey

Feb 11, 2015

Great art it's not – but it's frisky, in charge of itself, and about as keenly felt a vision of this S&M power game we could realistically have expected to see. Read full review

Inkoo Kang

Feb 10, 2015

Starring a vivacious Dakota Johnson and a game Jamie Dornan, Taylor-Johnson’s erotic romance is a skillful distillation of James’ first book that captures the heady exhilaration of being someone’s fixation. Read full review

The Guardian Jordan Hoffman

Feb 10, 2015

Johnson’s Ana squeezes believability out of one of the more silly romantic entanglements in recent popular culture. It’s all there in her face, which Taylor-Johnson frames in close-up. She’s fully aware this scenario is ridiculous, but can’t seem to turn away from its lunacy. Read full review

David Edelstein

Feb 11, 2015

Fifty Shades of Grey is nowhere near as laughable as you might have feared (or perversely hoped for): It’s elegantly made, and Dakota Johnson is so good at navigating the heroine’s emotional zigs and zags that you want to buy into the whole cobwebbed premise. Read full review

Katie Rife

Feb 12, 2015

Leads Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson, both of whom spend the majority of the film supposedly desperately longing for each other, have so little chemistry that it gives the sexy goings-on a rather clinical feel. Read full review

IndieWire Eric Kohn

Feb 10, 2015

Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson from Kelly Marcel's screenplay, the considerable talent behind the camera and a modicum of considerable performances yield a few undeniable guilty pleasures, but most viewers will be seeking a safe word to escape this two-hour-plus mess of half-baked excess. Read full review

The Playlist Rodrigo Perez

Feb 10, 2015

Ultimately, Fifty Shades Of Grey is embarrassing and depressing, especially when considering the picture as a reflection of the quality of mainstream modern romance today. Read full review

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XOSabrinaShen47

Feb 13, 2015

Just finished watching Fifty Shades of Grey and I gotta say... the film was beautiful. Yes, I am using the word beautiful to describe this movie. I went into the theater completely prepared to be embarrassed because of how graphic it was supposed to be, but I was extremely surprised by how IJust finished watching Fifty Shades of Grey and I gotta say... the film was beautiful. Yes, I am using the word beautiful to describe this movie. I went into the theater completely prepared to be embarrassed because of how graphic it was supposed to be, but I was extremely surprised by how I actually felt. I watched all of the scenes that were made available and thought that it all seemed a bit awkward, but it was only because there was no background music or noise. Watching the actual scenes in the movie was a whole other experience.
The movie is getting a really bad rep because of the bad writing and graphic scenes that are in the book that it is based on. However, the movie is not just a "sex movie" like everyone says. It's pretty hilarious and romantic. The sex scenes were extremely dialed down and they all served a purpose. If you thought the pointless sex in The Wolf of Wall Street was acceptable, then you would be more than okay with the content in this Fifty Shades. Before I watched Fifty Shades of Grey, I watched a lot of interviews with the cast of the film and was confused as to how they could possibly describe the sex scenes as being classy and elegant. But then again, all I had to compare it to were scenes from Game of Thrones, True Blood, The Wolf of Wall Street, etc... After watching this film, I can honestly say that I completely agree with the cast. There was nothing "dirty" or "wrong" about what I was seeing on the screen. Sam Taylor-Johnson, the director, did an excellent job with this movie. She made it very tasteful and easier to accept. This film could have gone in a very bad direction, but thank god it didn't.
For those of you that think that this movie is glorifying abusive relationships, think again because I think that it actually empowers women. I'm sure that you can argue, with quotes from the book, that I'm wrong, but there are many differences between the film and the book. Let me remind all of you that the book is a little over 500 pages and the movie is only about 2 hours long. Obviously, they had to cut a lot of things out, including the blue string scene that I'm sure a lot of people are aware of. In my opinion, they cut out many of the scenes that were considered controversial. I watched the movie looking for signs of an abusive relationship, but I really didn’t see anything of that nature. In fact, all I saw was this confident and empowered woman that made all of her own decisions. She was not forced to do anything that she didn’t want to do. She wanted to explore Christian’s dark world and her own sexuality. You can argue that Christian abuses her physically and emotionally, but he does what she tells him to do. When she says stop… he stops. He tries to give her what she wants.
Moving on to something lighter, the comedy in this movie is on point! There were many “laugh-out-loud” moments that gave the movie a lighter mood. Those scenes were there to show that Christian and Ana’s relationship was not all dark and serious. I mean they are both young people in their twenties that should be having fun!
Dakota Johnson gave a phenomenal performance and did everything right! She was confident, awkward, shy, and funny all at the same time. Jamie Dornan also did an amazing job as Christian Grey. They had great chemistry.
I guess what I’m trying to say is that you should give the movie a chance. If you hate the book, it doesn’t necessarily mean that you will hate the movie. I have read many reviews, written by skeptics, saying that they ended up loving it. Don’t let the bad reviews or even the book itself stop you from seeing the movie. I was not disappointed at all with the finished product, even though they cut out a few scenes that I loved. It is perfect just the way it is.
(I apologize for any grammatical mistakes... Unlike Ms. Steele, I am not an English major)… Expand

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castlechick87

May 16, 2015

I'm giving this a 10 in hopes to counteract the negative response it has gotten. I respect opinions but in response to comments like, 'is this what women get off to,' I have to object. I didn't 'get off' to this movie; I enjoyed the romance that was unusually portrayed because of Christian'sI'm giving this a 10 in hopes to counteract the negative response it has gotten. I respect opinions but in response to comments like, 'is this what women get off to,' I have to object. I didn't 'get off' to this movie; I enjoyed the romance that was unusually portrayed because of Christian's idea of relationships. I didn't read the first book but after watching to movie and seeing the ending, I bought all three books and just finished the second. While the books are not intellectual, it's a good story, not great but not horrible. I loved the movie and I think Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan did very well at bringing these characters to life, could not imagine anyone else playing the part better. I cannot wait until the Fifty Shades Darker.… Expand

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Lova

Feb 15, 2015

I think people who have not read the book will not be able to understand all the thing ( like when she roll her eyes etc..) the film was good, but I prefer the book. They skip a lot of important scene of the stories but I perfectly understand that it difficult to do all the thing in onlyI think people who have not read the book will not be able to understand all the thing ( like when she roll her eyes etc..) the film was good, but I prefer the book. They skip a lot of important scene of the stories but I perfectly understand that it difficult to do all the thing in only 152minutes. So at this end, it was a good film but I could have been better.
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eagleeyeviking

Jan 5, 2016

Consider my inner goddess unsatiated with this surprisingly boring and dull adaptation of E.L.James' already terrible book. No chemistry between leads and wooden BDSM action.

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gameguardian21

Mar 24, 2016

Here comes a better version of twilight, but once again a book to movie adaptation falls in almost every way. Its just a reason to see two actors have sex with each other, thats the only reason anyone went to see the movie.

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russiangamer

Mar 23, 2017

Очень, очень, очень скучное кино. Актёры не цепляют, сюжет скучный, эротика... тоже просто скучная!
Итог: Просто идите поспите, не надо смотреть этот фильм.

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macgmatt

Jan 18, 2017

There is zero chemistry with the main characters and the plot is terrible. I don't know how anyone could possibly get an enjoyable experience out of this movie, other than making fun of it.

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