A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where...
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one. Starring Maggie Gyllenhaal (who was nominated for a Best Actress Golden Globe for this role), and James Spader (Sex, Lies and Videotape).
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78 %158 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
82 %60,606 reviewsAudience score rating
"The film treats the subject of S&M with a kind of confused interest worthy of Madonna."
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine"It provokes nothing but yawns, and the sex it explores is stuff everybody knows about and says, 'So what?'"
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle"Too original to be ignored."
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USA Today
USA Today"Profound, witty and insightful... are probably three of the things "Secretary" wants to be. Unfortunately, with its slight, overstretched story, and facile moral, this Sundance Festival winner disappoints."
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BBC
BBC"Playfully subversive and oddly life-affirming."
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Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph"Approaches the tricky subject of sadomasochism with a stealthy tread, avoiding the dangers of making it either too offensive, or too funny."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"As darkly comic as it is, Shainberg’s picture addresses themes that are deadly serious."
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Film Threat
Film Threat"Sadomasochism is treated as a joke in Secretary, but the fun of the movie is that it’s also much more than a joke."
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly"This is Gyllenhaals's tour de force. She is remarkable and original."
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The Times
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Award winner- Winner of the Sundance Special Jury Prize for Originality, 2002.
- Rating
- R,
- Runtime
- 104
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama
- Country of origin
- USA
