S&M Cinderella

Rating: 4/10 (22 March 2015)

I indeed tried to read the book but was appalled by the writing. So I decided to watch the movie instead. At least, I did not turn away and finished it.
It is an S&M version of Cinderella, the undying fairy tale of all time. I would think Ms. James used this classic plot well. She probably should have someone edit her writing to make it readable.
People are curious about S&M which is why this movie generates so much buzz. If the S&M part would have been removed, the whole essence would be gone. So taking or leaving it is up to you. If you have an open mind and not opinionated, you might enjoy the movie. It's not either well scripted or cinematographic but somehow worthy of the attentions. I have watched "The Lover" (1992) and "A Frozen Flower" (2008). They both had sexually explicit scenes which might be more intensively than this one. However, they had more than one dimension story lines which I thought was essential to keep audiences captive.
The sexually explicit scenes should serve as means to tell the story which cannot do without. Unfortunately, this one seemed to be short of that.