Fresh
The cast comes through even when the movie doesn't.
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Secretary
Assume the position.
2002 · 1h 51m · R
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Steven Shainberg
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Secretary
Overview
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.
Director and cast
- Steven Shainberg Director
- James Spader as Mr. Grey
- Maggie Gyllenhaal as Lee Holloway
- Jeremy Davies as Peter
- Lesley Ann Warren as Joan Holloway
- Stephen McHattie as Burt Holloway
- Patrick Bauchau as Dr. Twardon
- Jessica Tuck as Tricia O'Connor
- Osgood Perkins as Jonathan
- Amy Locane as Lee's Sister
- Mary Joy as Sylvia
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
78%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Despite its flaws, Secretary stays in your head and makes you question your own firmly held positions.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
A picture with heart. You shouldn't leave feeling soiled or bruised. Just touched.
Richard Leiby, Washington Post
Rotten
Self-serious and ultimately pedestrian satire.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh
I don't know about you, but I found all these outrageously romantic maneuvers both funny and endearing.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
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