censored to the point of distraction

Rating: 5/10 (19 August 2016)

I have listened to the three books of this on MP3, (even though as a late 30's male, I'm not the authors target audience,) just to keep apprised of the zeitgeist, and I mostly enjoyed them.
This movie was the same, even though I knew the story, it was good to see it on screen, though it was censored to the point of distraction, in that without being 'actual' pornography, you can't possibly do the writing justice, because it is 75% about sex, and not like most people are having it.
The sex and nudity were handled pretty tastefully, I think it wasn't as cheesy as the book in some places, but it is a bit like a really violent story like 'Ninja Turtles' being given a rating where they have to do slapstick fight scenes, you can't really simulate or water down sex and sex scenes when they are an integral part of the story and still have it translate as well.
The acting was fine, with the constraints that they had, I'll definitely watch the next two movies, but it isn't the authors work come to life, it's much more like those 'R rated' porno films I used to see as a kid, that didn't show insertion or genitals, a bit of a tease really.
But if you are after an edgy romance mixed with more kink than your usual Katherine Heigl or Cameron Diaz movie, without using too much brain power, you'll find this entertaining but you won't be squeezing your thighs together and breathing heavy like women do with the books.