Dodd Alley (moviedodd)

With its slow pacing and NC-17 stamp for explicit sex, I wouldn't recommend this to everyone. Truth be told, I loved this movie. Shame is not a guilty pleasure for Fifty Shades of Grey readers. It is an incredibly sobering and cringe-inducing depiction of isolation and sexual addiction. Michael Fassbander really nails it (no pun intended) and continues his streak of excellence. While the film is slow moving, Fassbender's performance is so engaging to the point that I could understand where he was coming from, even though the film so tactfully never tells his back story while simultaneously leaving it up to the imagination on just how terrible his upbringing was.

I am always a sucker for meta-cinema that goes behind the scenes of Hollywood. My Week with Marilyn does a great job with its performers, particularly from Michelle Williams, who turns in a very good performance by capitalizing on the weakness of Marilyn Monroe that was behind this facade of greatness that the world drooled over. It is an actual performance rather than an impersonation. The flaw is that the plot itself just never gains the right traction from start to finish. It is perfect rental material.