It's not so bad!!

Rating: 7/10 (1 February 2017)

Oh you guys! You love to hate Fifty Shades. It's fashionable to trash and sledge it. I thought it was all right. Dakota Johnson was perfect for her role. Jamie Dornan was not as good, but he is really committed to the role and is watchable. The lighting and direction are good. The script has nice elements of humour and largely avoids clunky soap opera dialogue. It's wrong that Johnson has most of the nudity of the two leads. The sex scenes are quite tasteful, if a bit slick. The movie tries hard with a believable plot about Christian Grey shying away from real intimacy due to abuse. The supporting cast including the lovely Marcia Gay Harden as Christian's mother, are great. One objection I have is that the abrupt ending is so blatantly left open for a sequel, it's ridiculous. But overall, a surprisingly good film