It's okay for what it is, just okay.

Rating: 6/10 (22 February 2015)

**may contain spoilers***
Yes, the writing was elementary, but I think the biggest issue with the movie is that the beginning is so rushed viewers (especially those that did not read the books) just don't understand why this man is so interested in this girl to begin with! The initial interview, coffee meeting, and drunken morning after were so much more involved in the book and that was were the readers begin to care about the connection between these two. The writers of the screenplay did not capture the tit-for- tat banter that was present in the book during the first few initial encounters of Anastasia and Christian and the whole start of the film felt like it was a rush to get to the bondage. And by doing so, the writer and director lost the very essence of their "romance" and viewers just are not connected to the characters. Dakota did a good job as Ana, but Jamie's version of Christian came off as nerdy intellectual instead of arrogant control freak. I hope that for the sequel they bring in a new writer and director. Just don't try to take the film too seriously.