When college senior Anastasia Steele steps in for her sick roommate to interview prominent businessman Christian Grey 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.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 26 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Who would have imagined that a movie about sex could be so boring?
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
13 Feb 2015
rotten:
It's been said that the movie contains 20 minutes of sex; if this is the case, it must contain at least 40 minutes of Ana biting her lip or putting a pencil in her mouth.
– Christopher Orr,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb 2015
fresh:
It realizes this story is ridiculous in ways the book itself never could. It has an actual sense of humor.
– Christy Lemire,
ChristyLemire.com,
15 Feb 2015
rotten:
Think of it as the "Downton Abbey" of bondage, designed neither to menace nor to offend but purely to cosset the fatigued imagination.
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
16 Feb 2015
rotten:
Basically, they made a lousy, mid-2000s-era Katherine Heigl romance with a handful of explicit sex scenes spliced throughout the familiar cliches.