What do you expect

Rating: 6/10 (14 March 2017)

I thought I wrote a review of this film at the time but evidently I did not. All I can say to help you enjoy this movie or not hate it is, what do you expect? It's a kind of trashy, pretty pornographic book put onto a cinema friendly big screen...
You're not going to get full on sexual content because the 18 certificate doesn't allow it, so of course the sex isn't going to live up to the books. The book itself revolves tightly around the 2 main characters (as far as I know) and their SPOILERS relationship/sexual contract and indeed, that's what you get.
The acting doesn't seem great and the toned down sexual content could easily disappoint viewers expecting better, but if you go in expecting these things as I did, it's a lot less offensive than people seem to be finding it. I'd say the worse things about it are the main female character's acting, she can be pretty annoying to watch, and her Lip-Biting-Count although even that is only about 3... but that is already 2 too much.
You might not agree with my review or find it useful, but that's my view on the movie. Quite dull and annoying characters, very insular, but basically does what you'd expect given the constraints of the transfer... That said, I'm writing this after just having seen the second movie which is actually way better and develops into a more normal story of romance and drama.