Fifty Shades Darker

"Every fairy tale has a dark side."

2017 1h 58m EN

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6.5

MID

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11%

ROTTEN

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METACRITIC

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4.6

IMDB

★6.5TMDB · 8,024🥫11%Rotten Tomatoes●33Metacritic★4.6IMDB · 120,435

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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When a wounded Christian Grey tries to entice a cautious Ana Steele back into his life, she demands a new arrangement before she will give him another chance. As the two begin to build trust and find stability, shadowy figures from Christian’s past start to circle the couple, determined to destroy their hopes for a future together.

“Every fairy tale has a dark side.”

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Cast

Dakota Johnson
Anastasia Steele
Jamie Dornan
Christian Grey
Eric Johnson
Jack Hyde
Eloise Mumford
Kate Kavanagh
Bella Heathcote
Leila
Rita Ora
Mia Grey
Jennifer Ehle
Carla
Luke Grimes
Elliot Grey

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: James Foley
Writers: Niall Leonard
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $55M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 6.9× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Fifty Shades Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

CAST

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207+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by James Foley, shot by John Schwartzman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Danny Elfman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Richard Francis-Bruce shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

James Foley directs. John Schwartzman behind the camera. Danny Elfman scores. Richard Francis-Bruce cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Mid-budget at $55M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 6.9× over at the box office.
3Released 9 years ago.
4Part of the "Fifty Shades Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5207+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by James Foley, shot by John Schwartzman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Danny Elfman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Richard Francis-Bruce shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan and Eric Johnson carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Every fairy tale has a dark side.".
11IMDB entry: tt4465564 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 9 themes, including "based on novel or book", "boat", "eroticism", "kiss".
13Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: John Schwartzman
Original score: Danny Elfman
Editing: Richard Francis-Bruce
Production design: Nelson Coates
Costume design: Shay Cunliffe
Makeup / hair: Jennifer Popochock
Sound: Frank A. Montaño
Stunt coordinator: Owen Walstrom
Runtime: 118 min · 1h 58m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $55,000,000
Box office: $381,545,846
Return: 694% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Fifty Shades Darker (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes: 11% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 33/100
IMDB rating: 4.6/10 · 120,435 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

3 wins & 13 nominations total

Part of

Fifty Shades Collection

University student Anastasia Steele delves deeper and deeper in to the rabbit hole that is a 'relationship' with Christian Grey. An erotic tale of dominance and submission, of sex and love, and of the perception of control. Christian Grey, self made millionaire, bachelor, and someone who is always in control.

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Reno2017-07-30
★ 6/10
The next fifty shades between an ordinary woman and a billionaire. The film was not received well as the book was. Just like the first film, it has been another below average. Might be because of its theme. Usually this kind of films do great business, but ratings and reviews does not praise or encourage the film. So I doubt anybody will be bored of it, which means watchable film and instead it won't be their favourite. The story continued and this time it was not based on experiment or any kind of agreement, but mutual understanding. So the billionaire Grey and Ana's erotic adventure sustains. With the small-small developments the film goes all the way to the ending. That means, those who are watching it for the selected scenes, will surely would have a nice time. But nothing was strong as any European film on the similar theme. Apart from the weak storyline, there's nothing wrong with it. As to what this film is about, it served better. That's what I say to you not to expect full storied romance-drama. As usual the actors were good and another two films to come in the 'Fifty Shades' franchise. I hope they can be better than the first two. Overall, it is only for the selected audience, but curiosity makes everybody watch it and they all pour they perspective which is flooded with average to negative. Otherwise, it is an acceptable film. 6/10
GenerationofSwine2023-01-13
★ 1/10
Ok, my fiance loves these films (but she's worse than me when it comes to sex in movies, and I'll sit through some serious crap for it) so we went to go see it on Valentines Day. And I am going to point out the problem, and I will do it by quoting the synopsis: "Anastasia must confront the anger and envy of the women who came before her." Yeah, that takes all of about 5 minutes of time in the film. It's the plot of the movie...and it takes about 5 minutes total. The problem is solved really quickly, in the middle of the film, and never comes up again. It's like an after thought....but it's the plot. I've seen movies based on T and A in the past that have actually more plot focus than this. But let's be honest, you are only watching it for the BDSM (which it is also light on) so I can't even give it 10 stars for that, and I am an easy grader when it comes to most movie reviews.
r96sk2025-06-04
★ 6/10
'Fifty Shades Darker' is a surprise small improvement on its predecessor, though admittedly not anything worthy of describing as good. It felt like this one had a touch more meat on the bones, it's slightly more digestible anyway; if ignoring events last time out. The film does take the cheap way out mind you, focusing on two 'worse' characters which allows you to look past the iffy questions regarding the leading pair's relationship. I didn't cringe as much for this 2017 flick, which is a decent sign that I had a marginal better time. Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan remain a fine pair as actors, I don't have anything against those two to be honest. The side of the story involving Bella Heathcote's character did honestly interest me a little bit early on, of course it doesn't end up delivering but still. Now to see if 'Fifty Shades Freed' continued the upward trajectory (x = doubt).