Matrixston Wow! Such a good movie.

Ameriatch One of the best films i have seen

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Katie Jurek Viewing this as a standalone movie with no underlying implications, I will say Fifty Shades was interesting to watch. But below that, the relations are beyond troubling and ridiculous, which I knock it 2 stars for. This movie, and especially the books, try and normalize rape instead of focusing on the acts consenting adults engage in. Christian is a complete control freak, and the movie was based off of a Twilight fanfiction; thus, he is Edward from Twilight, and the awkward and forced "romance" could hardly be more cringe-worthy.

samilniftaliyev Just could watch few minutes. There is tons of movies which leave deep feeling even after several days past. Unfortunately, commercially controlled brains brought millions to this kind of porn.

The Movie Diorama I cannot believe I actually watched this. Me, who solemnly swore he wouldn't watch such rubbish, made the bold choice to watch this for the sake of his friend. That's how kind I am. I would succumb to this for friendship. Honestly though, this has less substance than a used condom. I'm not even going to summarise the "plot", because there was hardly any. Young girl falls in love with rich man who creates a contract for some submissive dominance relationship thing. I don't know, and I don't care. The film is shot well atleast, and has aesthetic appeal. Don't forget the hardcore foreplay and rough sex...oh wait, it's tame? Oh dear. I've seen more convincing sex (and better plot) in a 70's soft porno. The screenplay can be best described as monotonous. Example: "I don't make love. I f*ck...hard". Or even: "Because I'm fifty shades of f*cked up, Anastasia". What even was this!? Have we, the human race, actually come to this!? I can't comprehend the stupidity of this dialogue and how undramatic it was. The most excitement I had was attempting to work out the word for a 'vagina wig' which I'm sure Dakota Johnson was wearing. "Hmmm I know it sounds like mankini? No wait, I'll FaceTime my mum, she'll know...MERKIN! It's a merkin!". The sex, which the plot clearly revolves around, is too funny to watch. Whips, chains, rope...we got it all, and it's hilarious. Then the accompaniment of generic pop songs, oh yes it gets better. Bursting into Ellie Goulding's "Love Me Like You Do" has never felt so good. Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan were abysmal, not their fault though to be fair. Goes to show that a screenplay is the most central and important aspect to a captivating film. And captivating this is not. However, my life is now complete. This film brought me joy. It is so atrocious that I actually loved it. Get ready for when I watch the sequel, I can't wait...

jorgeotero_2000 Two years later I found this movie surfing channels on TV (I avoided seeing it at the time it was released because of bad reviews about both film and the book).They were absolutely right... It was sooooo boring, I fell asleep. Nothing interesting happened. It never caught me at all.It's useless to write anythng else. A forgettable flick.