Review: Why you should take your date to see 'Fifty Shades Darker'

Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan attend the UK Premiere of 'Fifty Shades Darker' at the Odeon Leicester Square on February 9, 2017 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)

The real question is: Why wouldn't you?

"Fifty Shades Darker" is basically a guy movie. It runs about 2 hours and an hour and fifteen of that is sex. The rest of the plot is the back and forth that leads up to each erotic scene.

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I could be wrong, and I don’t want to lump all guys into one boat, but I have never had a guy tell me, “Yeah, I didn’t like that movie. It was too sexy." Yet, I got a lot of flak from the guys when I said I was going to see "Fifty Shades Darker." They said stuff like, "Are you a 30-year-old woman?”

I just don’t get the hate.

Let me give you some relationship advice: If your wife made it through all three books and wants you to go see "Fifty Shades Darker" with her, you should. 

Now, let's be clear: the movie has received plenty of poor reviews. However, I am not sure what those people were expecting going in. "Fifty Shades Darker" isn’t going to win a bunch of awards. I don’t think that’s the intention. If you want to see an Oscar winner, pick another movie. The plot of the series is a dark, different, erotica relationship. You didn’t have to read the books to know this going in.

Like most books, though, the movie doesn’t live up to the storyline. This series is complex -- you can’t fit all of the back story and relationship, or character-building, needed into a 2-hour movie. If you want the complexity of the relationship, read the books.

If you want to see a hot movie with your significant other, see "Fifty Shades Darker."