Fifty Shades of Black

Fifty Shades of Black

The film that answers the question that nobody wanted answering: "How do you make Fifty Shades of Grey even worse?".

Genre:	Romantic Comedy
Directed By:	Michael Tiddes
Produced By:	Marlon Wayans Rick Alvarez
Written By:	Marlon Wayans Rick Alvarez
Starring:	Marlon Wayans Kali Hawk Affion Crockett Jane Seymour Andrew Bachelor Florence Henderson Jenny Zigrino Fred Willard Mike Epps
Cinematography:	David Ortkiese
Distributed By:	Open Road Films
Release Date:	January 29, 2016
Runtime:	92 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Budget:	$5 million
Box Office:	$22.2 million

Fifty Shades of Black is a 2016 comedy movie directed by Michael Tiddes, written by Marlon Wayans. It stars Marlon Wayans, Kali Hawk, Fred Willard, Mike Epps and Affion Crockett. It's supposed to be a parody of the 2015 film Fifty Shades of Grey. The movie was released on January 29, 2016 and was panned by critics and audiences alike.

Plot

Christian Black introduces shy college student Hannah Steale to the world of "romance" after she interviews him for her school newspaper. Their kinky relationship stumbles forward despite Christian's shortcomings as a lover and the antics of his racist adoptive mother Claire, his well-endowed brother Eli and Hannah's hyper-sexual roommate Kateesha.

Why It Sucks

Even though it's making fun of Fifty Shades of Grey, it fails miserably.
It's incredibly racist, including the title.
Extreme overuse of toilet humor.
This movie pretty much recreates each scene, but with humor that isn't funny.
The characters are NOT funny.
Bad acting.
Terrible musical score by Jim Dooley.
The poster is a blatant rip-off of For Your Eyes Only (see picture below).
There is no charm, no heart and no love to this movie overall. Just toilet humor.
Despite being a parody and comedy, it's somehow less funny than the original.
- The funny thing is that Fifty Shades of Grey isn't even a comedy!

Reception

Fifty Shades of Black was panned by critics and audiences alike. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 7% based on 46 reviews; the average rating is 2.79/10. The site's consensus reads, "Wildly erratic even for a spoof movie, Fifty Shades of Black bears the unfortunate distinction of offering fewer laughs than the unintentionally funny film it's trying to lampoon.". On Metacritic, the film has a score of 28 out of 100 based on 11 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale.