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Secretary

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 47m
  • 63

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Steven Shainberg

Producer:

Andrew Fierberg, Amy Hobby

Writer:

Erin Cressida Wilson, Mary Gaitskill

Runtime:

1hr 47m

Synopsis

A timid young woman starts working for a demanding lawyer and finds a new way to deal with her self-harming urges.

Cast

  • James Spader
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal
  • Jeremy Davies
  • Lesley Ann Warren
  • Stephen McHattie
  • Patrick Bauchau
  • Jessica Tuck
  • Oz Perkins
  • Amy Locane
  • Mary Joy

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Metacritic

63
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Based on 39 Critics
5.6

USER SCORE (173)

Mixed or average reviews based on 173 Reviews
80

Lee's journey of the body and soul is something else. Maggie Gyllenhaal makes it strangely touching, a revelation.

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Metacritic review by Joe Morgenstern
Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
40

Not meant to be realistic; it was shot by the director Steven Shainberg in a slow, dreamy neo-De Palma style and in candy colors, and Gyllenhaal has a Kewpie-doll silliness that almost makes the naughty parts of the movie fun. [23 Sept 2002, p. 98]

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David Denby
The New Yorker
60

Secretary is deeply conventional: Edward and Lee accept their bondage as the way to a more fulfilling life. It's the filmmakers who need to be spanked.

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Metacritic review by Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
New York Magazine (Vulture)
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