Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

Literature student Anastasia Steele's life changes forever when she meets handsome, yet tormented, billionaire Christian Grey.

Director:

Sam Taylor-Johnson

Writers:

Kelly Marcel (screenplay by), E.L. James (based on the novel by)

Stars:

Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Ehle

Bottom Rated Movies #95 | Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 26 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dakota Johnson	...	Anastasia Steele
Jamie Dornan	...	Christian Grey
Jennifer Ehle	...	Carla
Eloise Mumford	...	Kate
Victor Rasuk	...	José
Luke Grimes	...	Elliot Grey
Marcia Gay Harden	...	Mrs. Grey
Rita Ora	...	Mia Grey
Max Martini	...	Taylor
Callum Keith Rennie	...	Ray
Andrew Airlie	...	Mr. Grey
Dylan Neal	...	Bob
Elliat Albrecht	...	Olivia
Rachel Skarsten	...	Andrea
Emily Fonda	...	Martina

Storyline

When Anastasia Steele, a literature student, goes to interview the wealthy Christian Grey as a favor to her roommate Kate Kavanagh, she encounters a beautiful, brilliant and intimidating man. The innocent and naive Ana starts to realize she wants him. Despite his enigmatic reserve and advice, she finds herself desperate to get close to him. Not able to resist Ana's beauty and independent spirit, Christian Grey admits he wants her too, but on his own terms. Ana hesitates as she discovers the singular tastes of Christian Grey - despite the embellishments of success, his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, and his loving family, Grey is consumed by the need to control everything.

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Plot Keywords:

female nudity | male pubic hair | female frontal nudity | pubic hair | spanking | 

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Taglines:

Mr. Grey will see you now

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexual content including dialogue, some unusual behavior and graphic nudity, and for language

Details

Official Sites:

Grey Enterprises Holdings website Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 February 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

50 Shades of Grey

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,600,000, 14 February 2015, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$166,167,230

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$571,006,128

Company Credits

Production Co:

Focus Features, Michael De Luca Productions, Trigger Street Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

125 min 129 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital Datasat Auro 11.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Christian's Escala penthouse was one set. The set was entirely custom built on a sound stage in Vancouver complete with an artificial Seattle skyline on the outside of the windows.

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Goofs

When Christian calls Ana when her cell phone is set to vibrate only, the ring tone heard by Christian, as the caller, is a cell phone ring tone and not the regular tone one would hear when initiating a phone call.

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Quotes

Christian Grey: You want hearts and flowers? That's not something I know.

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Alternate Versions

3 minutes and 14 seconds were cut from the R-rated version and released as a Blu-ray exclusive edition that includes longer sex scenes.

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Connections

Referenced in Bad Moms (2016)

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Soundtracks

Love Me Like You Do
Written by Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Ali Payami, Tove Lo (as Tove Nilsson), Ilya Salmanzadeh
Produced by Max Martin and Ali Payami
Performed by Ellie Goulding
Courtesy of Polydor Ltd.
Under license from Universal Music Operations, Ltd.

User Reviews

100 Shades of Terrible.

I was in the mood for a great film about a young girl who meets a successful and seductive businessman with sexy results. This was not the case. This film was purely awful. No one can blame me for not being in the right frame of mind for the cinema, as some reviewers are. They see a film and end up having a bad night and they put the entire blame on the film, this is not the case for me. I was in a positive frame of mind, and really in the mood to see what I thought would be a somewhat good if not better than mediocre film.

This film is about two people who have no chemistry "falling" for each other. "Falling" like off a three story balcony leaving you without the use of your legs for the rest of your life. I'm just going to be blunt. This film is about GLORIFYING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE and a little girl in over her head who tolerates it. The man in the relationship, Chris, in a career-ending performance portrayed by Jamie Doormat, is a control-freak who must be in control in everything he does, including the life of his BDSM buddy, Ana.

Not only does he creep onto her, HE BEATS HER, non-consensually while they have intercourse, he stalks her, HE INTIMIDATES HER and he shows no love for her. If this were any other film, he would be the antagonist. If you're in the mood for a movie that shows what true love is, I suggest you see Mrs. Doubtfire, as that film is about a loving family man who shows his dedication and support to his wife, even after they are separated, and his children, by dressing up as an elderly female babysitter.

50 Shades of Brown gets 1/10 stars from me as I am unable to give A BIG FAT ZERO.