The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

The rating I made should say more than you need know.

I'm going to say that following contains spoilers except nothing could make this film more spoiled than it already is. I made a lot of use of the forward button to race through the "kinky fu##ery" scenes because I've rarely seen anything so awkward. The best part of the while film is seeing Kim Basinger's character's face get both a drink thrown in it and slapped in the same scene. To be fair Kim Basinger looks mortified by being in this, which should tell you something. The whole series of books and films are an insult to anyone who has a few kinks in them as a result of some trauma, and also to the people who choose a dom/sub lifestyle for any reason. Some films are greater than the sum of their parts but the despicable premise, horrible script and scenery chewing delivery means that this film ends up far less than the sum of its. Jamie Dorman has chops and I died a little inside for him after seeing this film which absolutely is, as has been said before, far worse than the first instalment. Not sexy, just dumb.

I enjoyed this movie. I know this is not high brow movie fair. This is simply a good time movie. You either enjoy the story (or to some lack thereof) or you don't. But to me this movie was a good (guilty) pleasure. The acting, story and the directing was good. This movie and the next one after it, didn't take it self as seriously as the first one did, I was not a fan of the first one. The last two were good though.

Also, looking forward to seeing the final chapter!