Secretary
Lions Gate Films | Release Date: September 20, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 39 Critic Reviews
Positive:
25
Mixed:
9
Negative:
5
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38
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Though I would agree it's original -- it's the first aboveground romance movie I've seen in which the heroine is repeatedly spanked, verbally tormented and tied to a chair by her lover--- it's not an experience I much enjoyed. Read full review
30
TimeRichard Schickel
Writer-director Shainberg seems to be aiming for a dark comedy, but mostly his movie is coy without being funny, ugly without being truly transgressive, stupid when it needs to be smart. Read full review
30
Washington PostDesson Thomson
In a movie as unrewarding as this, there's really only one burning question: When does the spanking begin? Read full review
25
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
The characters in Secretary never feel the least bit human. Their quirks, sexual and otherwise, are all on the surface. Inside, where it counts, nobody's home. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
It provokes nothing but yawns, and the sex it explores is stuff everybody knows about and says, "So what?" Read full review
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