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F ifty Shades of Grey is a lot of things. It’s an unapologetic romp filled with a fantastical version of BDSM and a romance that is, quite frankly, a little disturbing. It is very uneven and full of one-dimensional characters. It is also the first of its kind—an R-rated studio film about a woman’s sexual awakening, directed by a woman, Sam Taylor-Johnson. Ten years after its release, it remains a kind of Hollywood unicorn, and while some might see the film’s legacy as a bit of a joke, Fifty Shades of Grey was actually way ahead of its time.

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