![]() ![]() Dornan’s babyfaced billionaire has graduated up to a sexy stubble between films. It’s a prickly situation – and not just because Mr. Christian needs her back – he even buys all of her best friend’s awkward portraits of her to prove it! – but Ana still struggles with his need for control and possession, both when it comes to the bedroom and his troubled past. Might the leap from writing the 2003 TV movie "Horatio Hornblower 3" to writing one of the most popular book adaptations of the year have something to do with being married to the novel’s author? Who could possibly know.Īnyways, the sequel follows Anastasia (Dakota Johnson) and Christian (Jamie Dornan) as they attempt to get back together after their literally painful goodbye at the end of part one. Talk about setting the mood! Sadly, this kind of clumsy and scattershot approach to story is the norm for the script, the product of series newcomer Niall Leonard, making his feature film debut. "Fifty Shades Darker" opens like all good erotic romances do: with a sequence of domestic abuse. Not even that pint of Ben & Jerry’s is at risk from this sequel’s limp, barely lukewarm cinematic steam-heat, its supposedly darker shades more like hues of beige. Put bluntly: No movie featuring this much fantasy kinky sex between beautiful people should be this boring. ![]() But while our leads take all of 10 minutes to bail on their pact, the film unfortunately must’ve been in on the deal, as well – and it is committed to its blandness like a nun to a chastity vow. ![]() They promise each other to be bland and take it slow. James’ trilogy of steamy novels that scorched tablets almost as thoroughly as it scorched the English language, Anastasia Steele tosses Christian Grey a tub of vanilla ice cream during a trip to the most titillating of locales: a grocery store. Early on in "Fifty Shades Darker," the second film adaptation from E.L. ![]()
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