NOW SHOWING – FIFTY SHADES OF GREY (Friday, March 13 – Thursday, March 19)

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY:

R 125 minutes
R
125 minutes

Friday, March 13 – 7 pm,

Saturday, March 14 – 3 & 7 pm,

Sunday, March 15 – 3 & 7 pm,

Wednesday, March 18 – 7 pm,

and Thursday, March 19 – 7 pm.

When Anastasia Steele, a literature student, goes to interview the wealthy Christian Grey as a favor to her roommate Kate Kavanagh, she encounters a beautiful, brilliant and intimidating man. The innocent and naive Ana starts to realize she desires him. Not able to resist Ana’s beauty and independent spirit, Christian Grey admits his desire, but on his own terms. Ana hesitates as she discovers the singular tastes of Christian Grey. Despite the embellishments of success, his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, and his loving family, Grey is consumed by the need to control everything.

Insider’s tip:  Tasteful in its approach to the sensual scenes, the female director distances the movie from the best-selling book of the same name.  Rather than being a blueprint for abusive relationships, the movie presents the delicate subject of adult relations as being a shared exploration, with Anastasia able to negotiate a more open and emotionally vulnerable relationship with Christian than what he initially imagined. The laugh-out-loud moments, which lighten the mood, portray Christian and Ana as having fun.