Secretary Movie Review 2002

Lighter look at S&M conveniently hooks up submissive secretary Lee (Gyllenhaal, in a breakthrough role), with her obsessive perfectionist new boss, Edward. After too many misspelled words (bad secretary!), Lee discovers the dominant Edward is perfect at fulfilling her masochistic fantasies. With a sketchy (at best) romantic history, the plucky heroine tries a normal relationship with an old classmate, Peter (Davies) but still craves her kinky boss's brand of quiet discipline. Alternately poignant and funny, story is original and doesn't fall prey to cliche or pathos. Adapted from a 1988 story by Mary Gaitskill.

Distribution

CinemaNow, 4553 Glencoe Ave., Ste. 200, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292, URL: http://www.cinemanow.com, Remarks: Formerly known as Lions Gate Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 104 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Corporate Shenanigans, Sexcapades, Sanity Check, Bad Bosses, Adapted from a Story

Screenplay

Erin Cressida Wilson

Cast

James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Lesley Ann Warren, Jeremy Davies, Patrick Bauchau, Stephen McHattie, Oz (Osgood) Perkins, Jessica Tuck, Amy Locane, Michael Mantell

Cinematography

Steven Fierberg

Director

Steven Shainberg

Music

Angelo Badalamenti

Other

Thomas Gregory Varga, Beth Amy Rosenblatt, Pam Wise, Nick Ralbovsky, Marjorie Bowers, Amy Danger

Producer

Amy Hobby, Steven Shainberg, Andrew Fierberg, Double A Films, TwoPoundBag, Lions Gate Films