Fifty Shades of Grey
Focus Features | Release Date: February 13, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
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Mixed or average reviews based on 46 Critic Reviews
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9
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29
Negative:
8
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The TelegraphTim RobeyFeb 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
75
New York PostSara StewartFeb 10, 2015
The film never pretends to be other than what it really is: soft-core porn for the ladies, diluted with an “R” rating. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenFeb 10, 2015
With a loose-limbed naturalness, she conveys naiveté, intellectual curiosity and romantic yearning, and shows the unassuming Ana’s newfound thrill at being seen, however complicated the man holding her in his admiring gaze. She’s open and vulnerable but no fool. Best of all, Johnson and her director embrace Ana’s paradox: She snickers at Christian’s predilections, but they also turn her on. Read full review
67
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallFeb 12, 2015
Fifty Shades of Grey isn't the howling pornucopia it could be, but it's sexy enough, spank you very much. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumFeb 10, 2015
I spoil nothing by reporting what readers already know, that when Fifty Shades is not a dirty story, it is, as the trilogy unfolds, a study in cartoonishly weird family dynamics. Read full review
65
TheWrapInkoo KangFeb 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
63
Boston GlobeMeredith GoldsteinFeb 12, 2015
The director of the much-anticipated adaptation, Sam Taylor-Johnson, made what could have been a trashy TV movie into well-conceived cinema. Read full review
63
Miami HeraldConnie OgleFeb 12, 2015
Despite what you might fear, the movie is not torture. And even if it doesn’t inspire lust, you will breathe a warm sigh of relief, thinking: This could have been so much worse. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsFeb 12, 2015
The surprise, if there is a surprise here, is that the film has found a slyly humorous tone for much of the running time. Read full review
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