Fifty Shades of Black (2016)

An inexperienced college student meets a wealthy businessman whose sexual practices put a strain on their relationship.

Director:

Michael Tiddes

Writers:

Marlon Wayans, Rick Alvarez

Stars:

Marlon Wayans, Kali Hawk, Fred Willard

Bottom Rated Movies #68 | 2 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Marlon Wayans	...	Christian Black
Kali Hawk	...	Hannah Steale
Fred Willard	...	Gary
Mike Epps	...	Ron
Affion Crockett	...	Eli
Jane Seymour	...	Claire
Florence Henderson	...	Mrs. Robinson
Andrew Bachelor	...	Jesse
Jenny Zigrino	...	Kateesha
Kate Miner	...	Ashley
Sydney Castillo	...	Sydney
Irene Choi	...	Mai
Russell Peters	...	Dean Jordan
D.C. Ervin	...	DC (as DC Ervin)
Chaunte Wayans	...	Charlese

Storyline

Christian Black introduces shy college student Hannah Steale to the world of "romance" after she interviews him for her school newspaper. Their kinky relationship stumbles forward despite Christian's shortcomings as a lover and the antics of his racist adoptive mother Claire, his well-endowed brother Eli and Hannah's hyper-sexual roommate Kateesha..

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Plot Keywords:

drone | male objectification | erection visible through clothing | erect penis | sex scene | 

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Taglines:

Way shadier than gray.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

18A

Did You Know?

Trivia

Shanna Malcolm auditioned for a role in the film.

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Goofs

Hannah is seen using knitting needles on a crocheted granny afghan (which is made with a hook).

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Quotes

Hannah Steele: I hate you the way black people hate cops.
Christian Black: Wow.
Hannah Steele: I hate you the way Republicans hate Obamacare.
Christian Black: Baby, come on now.
Hannah Steele: I hate you the way Kanye West hates everybody else.
Christian Black: Well, I'm kind of with him on Taylor Swift.

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Connections

References Back to the Future (1985)

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Soundtracks

Lost in It
Written by Eric Goldman
Performed by The Outfit
Courtesy ot The LA Outfit

User Reviews

50 shades of whack! Which is 49 shades better than the movie they parody

I find it strange that Marlon Wayans found the need to parody what is already hands down the funnest movie of 2015. Does a bad movie, really need a parody? Seems redundant, but they did it.

50 shades of black has some decent jokes that poke fun at how outrageous 50 Shades of Grey is (although my favorite bit was one that parodied Whiplash with Florence Henderson playing a music teacher training young boys to use their "instruments"), but the laughs are not constant enough through the entire movie to justify the money spent.

It's good that Wanyans has no problem making light of himself, cause it's those skits that made for the most laugh out loud experience , but he also has no problem making a joke at someone else's expense. I probability would not care if the jokes were funny. There recent though, with a joke about the 2016 presidential campaign thrown in the mix.

It's packed with enough laughs to get something out of it, but the material used to make this was too weak itself for this movie to be all that good.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 January 2016 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Fifty Shades of Black

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,900,528, 31 January 2016

Gross USA:

$11,686,940

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$22,227,514

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fermion Films, IM Global, Ingenious Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1