Show Trailer Adaptation of E.L. James' best-selling erotic novel, the fastest selling paperback of all time (its sex scenes of bondage and masochism devoured by over 70 million blushing readers). The novel, the first of a trilogy, traces the relationship between college graduate Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson, The Social Network) and wealthy entrepreneur Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan, TV's The Fall). More
2014Rating: MA15+, Strong sex scenes, sexual themes and nudity125 minsUSA Streaming (6 Providers)Fifty Shades of Grey | Reviews24%282 reviews 41%83978 reviews Everyone’s favourite saucy Twilight fan-fic has finally hit the big screen and boy is it… something. It is a thing. To its credit, Dakota Johnson’s Anastasia Steele is fifty billion shades of more likeable than her limp book counterpart - the perfect balance of cool chick, demure ingénue and sultry siren - and thankfully we’re no longer privy to the clunky metaphors that occupy ‘book’ Ana’s every waking moment (“I feel the colour in my
cheeks rising again. Full review A slick exercise in carefully brand-managed titillation - edgier than most grown-up studio fare, but otherwise a fairly mild provocation in this porn-saturated day and age. Full review With the sex scenes and the drama lacking the required heat, it’s ultimately unsatisfying. Full review A sex-positive but hopelessly soft-core erotic drama. Full review Johnson’s Ana squeezes believability out of one of the more silly romantic entanglements in recent popular culture. Full review A memorable and society-shifting cultural event, it’s in no way a memorable movie. Full review Aiming to please, the filmmakers submit without hesitation to the bold yet hokey source material, with leads Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson breathing a crucial third dimension into cutout characters. Full review Fifty Shades of Grey | TrailersFifty Shades of Grey | Release DetailsFifty Shades of Grey is available to stream in Australia now on Stan and Netflix and Google Play and Apple TV and Foxtel and Binge.
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