Undescribable Perfection

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

If you want to experience a fun, sexy, twisted movie, this is for you. Mind games, natural and artsy settings, sadomasochistic sexy scenarios, fantastic, indie music and gorgeous David Lynch, acid induced fantasy sequences make this movie one of a kind. A must see!

I had heard of this movie, knew it involved BDSM, that was about it. There was enough character development to care about them, even the lawyer as we worked through getting more insight about him. The idea of the secretary being taken totally off guard by her first spanking was a little jarring, though. Otherwise, an interesting study in the evolution of the secretary into the lawyer's world, and the lawyer not knowing how to deal with someone who embraced his way of thinking. I have read several other reviews, and have not found one that thought this role was a quirkier warm-up to Spader's character of Alan Shore on Boston Legal..... I liked the movie, but see how it wouldn't be for everyone.

This is one of those really really bad movies that are somehow made good simply because of the actors at the time. The last 20 minutes or so were just completely off the wall. Not entirely sure why this was marketed as a comedy. I can get behind dark comedies and amusing premises, but this was marketed entirely as a comedy. Nothing about this was funny. This entire movie was a joke. It seemed like it didn't know if it wanted to be a serious movie or something that people would laugh outright at. The whole premise is supposed to be about this guy who essentially gives this girl what she needs, but then it just spun in a completely different direction-they get married? Suddenly they're living a domestic life? And since when is there a tub/shower room at the top of the building? And someone mentioned it having kinky sex in the movie-there wasn't really ANY sex in the movie, just him spanking her hard and masturbating on her naked behind. The only sex "scene" between the two mains lasted less than 30 seconds on screen. The other sex scene was just an awkward scene. I want to say I hated this movie. I probably did. I don't know what I just watched. It was awful.

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!