Wonderfully offbeat film!

Just perfect...

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Big fan of Sex, Lies and Videotape and was hoping to see James Spader in a juicy role with Maggie G. Complete molasses bore fest. I could not get past 30 minutes and even that required a pandemic of patience. I was not anticipating grand action scenes, witty acerbic dialog, or inspiration. How about a working script or was this an exercise to see how slow one can answer a ringing phone or slice your thigh. I guess I'm with the Paralegal... annoyed with the whole scene. Wedding party, laundromat, office space, you have some potential with these as backdrop. However I was impressed with the donuts dunk in the round file!!!Good luck with this one, do not recommend whatsoever!

I have no words to say this but...... THIS IS THE BEST FILM I HAVE EVER SEEN!! Ahem, anyways no really, it's just the best movie out there! It is far better than the 50 Shades of Grey we know today. James Spader as Grey was just superb because he does look like the type who would play a better role of a boss than Jamie Dornan. Dornan I thought didn't play well with his character as he looks more baby faced then acting as sugar daddy..Maggie Gyllenhaal was unbelievably hot as the secretary. She was just herself basically when she did the role. With Dakota Johnson as the journalist from the 50 shades of Grey movie, she seriously needed to work harder at her acting, it was just terrible. Secretary will always win over 50 Shades of Grey anyway! I loved everything from this movie. From sex to funny scene's, I'm glad I have choose to look at this film, it was wonderful!!! ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

I'm giving this flick a 10 for a special reason. It achieves what very, very few films achieve: It successfully portrays a human-dimensioned, warm, believable, miraculous redemption. It didn't make me cry or shake me to my core. It simply gave me a tender, life-affirming hope: People can change.It's so funny to be reviewing this after the narratively anemic 'The Intern'. My comment to that flick was the diametric opposite to this one, and it comes down to this: You can't have redemption without real issues.All that, and it's actually wonderful from many other standpoints, from top (mythos/redemption) to bottom (sets/cinematography).It's truly an art flick, and a wonder to behold. Behold it!

After watching this movie over a decade ago I have to say it got stuck in my memory. Although the average rating for this movie is still decent I rate it as one of the best movies in its genre in that decade and therefore rate it higher than that.Sure its personal but the level of quality acting of Gyllenhaal en Spaderis of the highest level. To me Spaders performance in this movie is, arguably, his greatest achievement as an actor. Still I don't understand this movie went completely unnoticed by the Academy, but on the other hand it serves their reputation right: Secretary is not the first great movie they missed out on and it surely won't be the last.