Mediocre book yields mediocre script. Imagine that! Worth it if you're a fan.

Rating: 5/10 (11 February 2015)

Anyone who read this book can tell you there is better smut and better writing out there. The movie is right there on par with it. There are better sexually based movies with better acting but, I didn't go into this thinking it would be the movie of the year. I'm not understanding a lot of the hate from other reviews. This was never going to be an Oscar worthy film. The book was not a literary gem. I was actually surprised to see that they seemed to give Ana a bit more of a spine which, helped the movie to not just feature her crying from start to finish and, added a little humor at times. They were also able to incorporate lots of little details for the readers that will pick up on the conversations or inner dialog that happened in the book but, just show up as details in the film. Overall, as rumored the film lacks some chemistry but not so much that it is painful. The cheesy dialog was there at times but, it was straight from the cheesy book so no surprises there. If you want to see how they interpreted it on screen I say it's worth it, as long as your expectations are in line with the book this was adapted from.