Pretty good, certainly not as bad as I was expecting

Rating: 6/10 (28 March 2015)

When I heard that the trilogy of poorly written books were being made into movies I began to convince myself that they, in turn, would also be pretty bad. I wasn't sure about the casting at first but after seeing the movie it's really not that bad. I've read the books, out of pure curiosity at first, but then again with general interest. The story line is generally intact, with a little of the BDSM trimmed off for mainstream people which I assumed would happen. It's not an award winner(although I wouldn't be surprised if Dakota Johnson is nominated simply for making the phrase 'Holy cow' seem slightly less geeky and strange). All in all this movie wasn't a big disappointment, but it also wasn't a huge win. It was well made and followed the storyline pretty closely. I'd say it's definitely worth a watch if you're already partially interested.