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 #94 | 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:

The worldwide phenomenon comes to life.

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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

Despite being a musician before an actress, Rita Ora was not included on the film's soundtrack despite asking the producers. The soundtrack includes music from Beyoncé, Ellie Goulding, The Weeknd, Sia, and original compositions from Danny Elfman.

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Goofs

When Mr. Grey makes Ana toast in the morning after her night out there is a hole in the bread, on the following shot the piece of toast has no hole.

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Quotes

Christian Grey: You have a beautiful body, Anastasia. I want you unashamed of your nakedness. Do you understand?
Anastasia Steele: Yes sir.
Christian Grey: You're biting your lip. You know what that does to me. Turn around.
[braids Ana's hair]
Christian Grey: When I tell you to come into this room this is how you'll be. You'll wait for me kneeling by the door. Hands flat on your thighs.
[exits and returns]
Christian Grey: Hold out your hand.
[slaps with riding crop]
Christian Grey: Did that hurt?
Anastasia Steele: No.
[...]

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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 Evil Monkeys (2018)

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Soundtracks

Call Me
Written by Allen Branstetter (as Allen Branstetter Jr.), Andrew Lee, Benjamin Griner, Browan Lollar, Jesse Philips, Paul Janeway
Performed by St. Paul & the Broken Bones (as St. Paul and the Broken Bones)
Courtesy of Single Lock Records

User Reviews

Yeesh, that was a whole lot of nothing.

The only reason this movie gets two stars out of me is that, thanks to this mediocre effort, I'll be able to remind my girlfriend of what I put up with for her the next time I get to choose on movie night and I suggest a cheesy 80s comedy like "Weird Science" or "The Naked Gun". I don't really need to go into all of the details here because there are more than enough detailed descriptions of this thing to spare me the effort of doing so and to spare you reading the same thing over more times than necessary. Instead, I'll just go ahead and throw my lot in with the "haters", as the fans seem to be labelling us here.

What I will add because I haven't read it yet so far, and what I think should be an important point for perspective, is that every last "10 out of 10" reviewer I clicked on was a newly created account with only this film having been reviewed. I've been around here long enough to know that's always suspicious. I won't blatantly accuse them of being involved in the film's production or of being friends of those who were, but these new members sure are mighty keen on this rather sub-par film. You've been warned.