It causes unintentional laughter throughout, is embarrassingly clunky and is pure smut. It would even be beneath actors and actresses who can't act to save their lives, and there is just as plenty of those around. Chemistry is non-existent.Īgain, the dialogue does no favours, dialogue so bad that absolutely nobody (even the best actors and actresses) can do anything with it. Jamie Dornan looks uncomfortable throughout, delivers his cringe-worthy lines awkwardly and is just bland as dishwater with no charisma whatsoever. Dakota Johnson, especially in the first third, is too understated that it feels more like there is a lack of personality or emotion. Understated can be a lovely quality to acting, as long as it also becomes nuanced and with believability given to the dialogue. More problematic once more are the two leads, and the chemistry is next to zero once more. Eric Johnson phones it in at some parts and overdoes it in others as the painfully clichéd villain.
The rest fail to register in one-dimensional and in many cases underwritten and under-utilised roles. The same goes with director James Foley, whose direction is far too mannered and ill at ease, he has done some great stuff like 'Glenngarry Glenn Ross' and 'House of Cards' and when you compare his work on those and that for his contribution to the 'Fifty Shades' films it's like somebody else entirely. He has composed some wonderful stuff ('Edward Scissorhands' is magical) but this is really not his best work. Other parts of Danny Elfman's score are one-note and repetitive, as well as too derivative of his recent work. There is one acting bright spot, which is Marcia Gay Harden who does very well with her role and is too conscientious an actress. It also looks good, nice use of scenery and very nicely shot. Those lovely moments in the soundtrack, which should have been maintained more consistently, is the best thing about 'Fifty Shades Freed'. Some of the soundtrack beguiles, it has a soothing nostalgia and appropriately amorous quality. It is the best of the 'Fifty Shades' trilogy, as there is a little more plot than the previous two, sadly this is not saying much. 'Fifty Shades Freed' has very little good with it, but there are also a few things good. Am not going to give it the lowest rating on IMDb, this is an extremely rare rating for me these days and reserved only for incompetently made films with no effort put into them. Which is the case here in 'Fifty Shades Freed'.
People are allowed to judge whatever they want and the two most common reasons for seeing a film is completest sake (if trying to see as many films of the year as possible) and family and friend film nights and cinema outings, so that answers that question.
Oh and the whole "why did you even watch it" rubbish, from those who denounce anybody who dislikes the film as trolls for having a different opinion, needs to stop, because it comes over as ignorant and disrespectful. And yes, am telling the truth about seeing it, have never reviewed a film without watching it. Not because of wanting to hate it (have always aimed to be a fair and perceptive reviewer), following the crowd (have been known to go against the grain) or being someone who hates everything (generally am a positive reviewer and try to see the good in even awful films). General consensus of the group for the record being indifference and passionately hating it. Very like what was said with the first two 'Fifty Shades' films.Īs was said before, my main reasons for seeing 'Fifty Shades Freed', wanting to see as many films of this year and of the latter half of 2017 (some released in my country this year) and that it just happened to be the film choice of a friend cinema film outing. Hopefully, as a heterosexual female student in her mid twenties, saying this before the male critic hating and age generalisations continue, with a love of film that spreads across all genres and decades, this will come over as a fair assessment of a film that genuinely did nothing for me.
Reviewed by TheLittleSongbird 2 / 10 Fifty Shades of much needed freedom
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