Those faults alone make Fifty Shades a boring, pointless film."ĥ. James' novel, is empty of message or meaning. The screenplay by Kelly Marcel, based on E.L.
"Director Sam Taylor-Johnson treats the movie as serious as a cadaver, which is truly a major disappointment. "The mediocre plot, bland characters and tepid tone don't do any favors," he added. You'll find more disturbing images in Saw or Game of Thrones." It's not even close to late-night Cinemax. "Sure there's plenty of nudity, but more salacious material is shown every day on cable. "Just how sexually explicit is Fifty Shades of Grey? It's mild," he wrote. 's Justin Craig also offers a swift quantitative analysis of the sexual content in the film.
Even the graphic nudity grows numbing."Ĥ. Discussion of contracts and objections over line items outweigh erotica. "Fewer than 15 of the movie's 125 minutes feature sex scenes.
"Those looking for hot, kinky sex will be disappointed," she said. She also breaks down what many people really want to know. USA Today's Claudia Puig called Fifty Shades of Grey one out of four stars a "plodding, inane and wretchedly acted movie." She said the film's dialogue is "laughable" and that there is no chemistry between Dornan and Johnson. The film is an explicit and unapologetic female escapist fantasy in a time when such things are few-and-far between in Hollywood."ģ.
"Johnson is pretty terrific while Dornan does what he can with the material he is given, and they do make a somewhat entertaining couple. " Fifty Shades of Grey is exactly what it promises and little more," he wrote. Forbes' Scott Mendelson praised the actors' performances, saying Johnson, "sells the hell out of this film" and that Dornan is "stuck with the worst lines" but does "everything he can to sell it too."