Anastasia (Dakota Johnson), a literary student who was scared, interviews corporate tycoon Christian Gray (Jamie Dornan) for the student newspaper.
Unexpected desires are quickly aroused: He introduces you to his glittering world of limos, private helicopters, and genital clamps … There is no tingling between the pretty actors, the BDSM scenes look upright and sterile.
What remains is a “Pretty Woman” variation with bondage games. After all: The sex drama of “Nowhere Boy” director Sam Taylor-Johnson is more reflective than the “Muttiporno” novel.