Fifty Shades of Black
Open Road Films (II) | Release Date: January 29, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
28
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
4
Negative:
7
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Los Angeles TimesMartin TsaiJan 29, 2016
"Black” foregoes too much scene-setting, chronology and logic to stand completely on its own. As a piece of cultural criticism, however, it painstakingly eviscerates nearly every scene in “Grey” and skewers latent sexism, classism and ludicrous sexual innuendoes, as well as the original’s numerous plot holes. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyChristian HolubFeb 1, 2016
The film manages to be surprisingly subversive with its humor. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeJan 29, 2016
When Wayans allows himself to deviate from his formula there are a few effective moments of un-self-conscious slapstick. Read full review
40
The New York TimesAndy WebsterJan 29, 2016
As with other staples of the screen-parody genre, the comic bull’s-eyes arrive only intermittently. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireJan 29, 2016
Mostly, Fifty Shades of Black is exactly what you expect it will be. It hits all the notes of its source material, only it amps them up, and it seems to get the inherent absurdity of this premise even more than Sam Taylor-Johnson’s movie did. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineClayton DillardJan 29, 2016
An aimless, if sporadically clever, parody that tirelessly conceives of human sexuality as punchlines for its shortsighted cultural ribbings. Read full review
33
ConsequenceBlake GobleJan 31, 2016
Marlon Wayans is clearly getting off on the gags, but the lazy, hard humor, and elastic joke-making eventually has a numbing effect. Read full review
30
VarietyScott TobiasJan 29, 2016
At a minimum, a parody should be funnier than the film it’s sending up, but Fifty Shades of Black, a quick-and-dirty riff on last year’s S&M romance “Fifty Shades of Grey,” falls a laugh or two short of even that low standard. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenFeb 3, 2016
Adults may respond with a laugh every once in a while, but they’re unlikely to find Fifty Shades of Black a nonstop titter fest. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJan 29, 2016
The funniest bit involves a particularly sadistic brand of torture that he inflicts on Hannah.... She quite rightly screams in protest, as should anyone forced to watch this movie. Read full review
0
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeJan 29, 2016
A slapdash movie that’s more unbearable than the heavy-breathing best-seller and its emotionally timid screen adaptation. Read full review
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