Is the 50 Shades Movie Doomed By Pre-Release Press?

The people involved in making the movie don't sound so enthusiastic.

One of the biggest books of all time, 50 Shades of Grey, is heading to theaters this Friday, just in time for Valentine’s Day. We’ll say with relative confidence that with millions of fans out there eager to see how the book translates to the screen, it’s going to have a big opening. But TBH, if you haven’t read the book (I have not) and were only judging by what you’re reading about the movie, you’ll probably see American Sniper again or something.

The first thing that popped to mind when I heard this was going to be made into a movie was how exactly something reportedly so kinky was going to get the R rating needed to really make the big bucks.

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