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A fun movie that's best described as a S&M love story, I think. A kinky kind of chick flick. Fun for all ages!

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Posted nov 13, 2008 9:56 am pt

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This is one hell of interesting film, as most of u lot know there has controversy on this film and i always thought that this type of film are for perverts but as soon as i started watching it, i realise that there more to this film just plane...
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This is one hell of interesting film, as most of u lot know there has controversy on this film and i always thought that this type of film are for perverts but as soon as i started watching it, i realise that there more to this film just plane porn. i mean it had a very interesting love story between James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

There so many things i would like to discuss about this film but i don't think it appropriate to discuss the detail, This is unconventional love story, it not like men meet women and fall in love it a lot deeper and certainly more intense then i expected this film to be. it wasn't as rude as i expected to be but it certain deserves 18 certificate.

i have got to admit at the beginning of this film and during first 30 minutes things are slow until he teaches her stuff, it more intimate relationship then most film to cover and he did after stop her from hurting herself but it the end when she tells him she loves is the true test of love, not only did she stay in his office for 3 days without eating and going toilet. That love if i ever needed proof of it and she actually did.

it nice to be pleasantly surprised by this type of film because it contain something which we all secretly desire but would never do, certainly after watching this film i wouldn't look at secretary in the same way, i'm guessing that majority of men who have watch this film.

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Posted feb 8, 2007 12:55 am pt

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Just a cheap pornographic movie that managed to get into mainstream? Almost certainly not.

"Secretary", tells the story of Lee Holloway, a social misfit who takes on the role as E.Edward Grey's secretary, although the term...
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Just a cheap pornographic movie that managed to get into mainstream? Almost certainly not.

"Secretary", tells the story of Lee Holloway, a social misfit who takes on the role as E.Edward Grey's secretary, although the term sexretary would apply more.
The focus of the movie is Edwards dominance over his secretary in a BDSM style, going as far as masturbating over her butt.

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Posted dec 15, 2006 6:21 am pt

• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  91
  There's a word for an actress who can go from nervous to winsome to raunchy to romantic in a heartbeat and get you to adore her the whole time. The word is star.

  by Staff (Not Credited) | Read Full Review »
• [+] Slate
  
  90
  Most love stories are bland and generalized. This one takes you deep inside the dance.

  by David Edelstein | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
  89
  Secretary is a testament to the importance of tonality in telling a story.

  by Marjorie Baumgarten | Read Full Review »
• [+] ReelViews
  
  88
  Has enough genuine laughs to eliminate the potential twitters and snickers, and it treats Edward and Lee as people. We end up caring about what happens to these two individuals, even as we smile and laugh at their antics.

  by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
• [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
  83
  Secretary is one of the best of a growing strain of daring films -- "Bliss," "The Lifestyle," "Satin Rouge" -- that argue that any sexual relationship that doesn't hurt anyone and works for its participants is a relationship that is worthy of our respect.

  by William Arnold | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
  80
  A wholesome self-help fable about the unlocking of shame and its magical transformation into pleasure and personal liberation.

  by Stephen Holden | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  80
  For all the dolorous trim, Secretary is a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout, notwithstanding some of the writers' sporadic dips into pop Freudianism.

  by Manohla Dargis | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
  80
  Wicked little black comedy.

  by Ted Shen | Read Full Review »
• [+] LA Weekly
  
  80
  Secretary's treatment of female sexuality is as matter-of-fact as its handling of self-mutilation, and the key to both is Gyllenhaal's remarkable performance.

  by Graham Robinson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Wall Street Journal
  
  80
  Lee's journey of the body and soul is something else. Maggie Gyllenhaal makes it strangely touching, a revelation.

  by Joe Morgenstern | Read Full Review »
• [+] Rolling Stone
  
  80
  A film of startling humor and feeling. For that, director Steven Shainberg, who co-wrote the script with Erin Cressida Wilson, owes much to two remarkable performances.

  by Peter Travers | Read Full Review »
• [+] Village Voice
  
  80
  The unnecessarily emphatic ending suggests that Secretary's makers are a bit anxious to demonstrate they've whipped a potentially grotesque, spanks-for-the-memories scenario into the season's most romantic love story -- which is, in fact, what they've done.

  by J. Hoberman | Read Full Review »
• [+] Salon.com
  
  80
  It's a liberating, kindhearted picture, one whose ending brings with it the feeling that something has finally been shaken free. How comfortable you feel with that is completely up to you.

  by Stephanie Zacharek | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
  80
  In a very demanding role demanding a vast emotional range from clueless innocent to confident role player and emotional adventurer, Gyllenhaal is outstanding.

  by Todd McCarthy | Read Full Review »
• [+] Newsweek
  
  80
  Manages to be simultaneously subversive and sweet.

  by David Ansen | Read Full Review »