It seems like we have been waiting forever for the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey to be released, and now that it is almost here, it has finally been given an official rating by the MPAA. Although it seemed like it was heading for an NC-17 branding, it has just been announced that Fifty Shades of Grey will hit theaters Feb. 13 with an R rating.
The film, based on E.L. James's risqué BDSM trilogy, pulled an official R rating due to "strong sexual content including dialogue, some unusual behavior and graphic nudity," which, of course, is no surprise to anyone who has read the series. But there has been concern all along about taking something so graphic and putting it on the big screen. In order to make fans of the book happy, whatever unfolds on screen is going to have to be really hot and risky. It is almost hard to imagine the film being able to mirror the book with just an R rating, don't you think?
Perhaps what Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson, as Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, have managed to create on screen will still hold even if it is not identical to the book. If their chemistry works well enough and if the actual movie is as cleverly crafted as the teasers for it have been, then it could work. Dornan recently talked about Fifty Shades of Grey being a love story at its root. Maybe they have worked to tap into an emotional connection as well as the obvious physical one that the book series is based on.
What are your thoughts as the release date approaches? Will you be heading to the theater to check it out for yourself, or are you afraid it will fall flat? Tell us your thoughts in the comments section below.
