Didn't really live up to the Hype

Rating: 6/10 (27 February 2015)

50 Shades of Grey is an erotic drama directed by Sam Taylor Johnson and stars Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson. Anastasia (Dakota Johnson) is a student attending Washington State University who is asked by her best friend Kate (Eloise Mumford) to fill in for her and do an interview at the office of business man Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan).
However, Ana finds the handsome Christian a distraction, which results in the interview going badly. Ana puts it down to experience and returns to her usual day to day life, which includes a job at an hardware store. Ana's day is suddenly turned upside down, when, to her surprise, in walks Christian, who starts to search the shop for Masking Tape, Cable Ties, Rope. Ana tells Christian that Kate would like a few photos to go with the questionnaire that she had left at his office and he had secretly filled in. Christian gives her his phone number in order to arrange a photo shoot.
The next day, Ana, Kate and Jose, their photographer friend, meet Christian at his hotel. Christian begins to show more than just a casual interest in Ana and asks her out for a coffee. Ana is surprised to learn that he to his single. Christian tells her how he enjoys the company of woman, but he is in no way a romantic. However, Christian later sends Ana a gift of some very rare and priceless books.
Ana is flattered, but feels completely out of Christian's league and considers giving the books back. That night, a drunken Ana phones Christian, who decides to go and pick her up from the club and takes her back to his hotel. They arrange to go on another date, which includes an helicopter flight to his apartment. Once there, Christian insists she agrees to sign a contract, which prevents her from talking in any way to anyone about their times together. It also contains some very strange demands, that make it clear, that their relationship will be purely sexual and based on his dominance and her submission.
So Ana, who was previously a virgin, now finds herself in a very complex and steamy relationship, a relationship were she's expected to be nothing more than a willing and submissive partner.