![]() ![]() She finds ways to assert her independence and defiance. While honeymooning in France, Christian still can't help his domineering ways and instructs Ana not to sunbathe topless. ![]() If you're like me you'll scratch your head and wonder, "Was that it?"Īnastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) and Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) are now Mr. ![]() This is a franchise that wants to go out in a toe-curling climax but goes out with a whimper. The actors are free at last from the mechanical sex scenes that populate these films, free at last from their terrible chemistry with which they cannot conceal, free at last from having to say stilted dialogue for stilted characters, and free at last from the six hours of boredom and overstated kink. Director James Foley (Glengarry Glen Ross) is free from having to bring this silly thing to straight-laced life. James' best-selling erotic novels have made for pretty lifeless big screen entries. Another difference is that Elizabeth McNeil's original novel is supposedly based on a true story, whereas the author of the Fifty Shades trilogy has never made that claim.I think Fifty Shades Freed as a title works well not just for the audience but also the actors, as everyone is celebrating putting one of Hollywood's least engaging film franchises well behind them. The book that that movie is based on, by author Elizabeth McNeil (a pseudonym for Ingeborg Day) is, like the "Fifty Shades" books, much more explicit about the S&M aspects of the relationship, although it concludes with an "unhappy" ending, wherein the relationship ends badly. Kim Basinger earlier starred in the movie "9½ Weeks" (1986), a movie about a woman who begins an affair with a man that is characterized by unusual sex games, like the sex in the Fifty Shades trilogy. The unrated version includes, among other scenes, two with Kim Basinger, who plays Elena Lincoln, an ex-girlfriend of Christian, and supposed origin of his peculiar tastes. There is also a longer, unrated version, released chiefly for home distribution, running at 1 hr 50 min, five minutes longer. The running time quoted by IMDB, "1h 45m," is for the theatrical version. ![]()
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