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Secretary
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Secretary is a 2002 American film directed, written, and produced by Steven Shainberg. The cast includes James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies, and Lesley Ann Warren. The movie is presented in English and falls under the genres of romance, drama, and romantic comedy. Its main subject is a dysfunctional family. The film was distributed by Lionsgate Films and Netflix, with a release date of September 20, 2002.
The runtime is listed as 111 minutes in some sources and 107 minutes in others. It has a budget of 4,000,000 and generated revenue of 9,300,000. Review scores include 77%, 6.8/10, and 63/100, with an IMDb rating of 6.9 based on 108,541 votes. The film is rated R and has won 15 awards with 26 nominations. Angelo Badalamenti composed the music, and Michael A. Baker served as production designer. Keywords associated with the film include suicide, clerk, fetish, and sadomasochism.
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Film · TMDB
6.8A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding lawyer, where their employer-employee relationship turns into a sexual, sadomasochistic one.
Cast
- James Spader as Mr. Grey
- Maggie Gyllenhaal as Lee Holloway
- Jeremy Davies as Peter
- Lesley Ann Warren as Joan Holloway
- Stephen McHattie as Burt Holloway
- Patrick Bauchau as Dr. Twardon
Themes
- suicide
- clerk
- fetish
- sadomasochism
- secretary
- lawyer
- hospital
- typewriter
- kinky
- cutting
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
108,541 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
78%
Metacritic
63/100
- Year
- 2002
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 15 wins & 26 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- secretary
- Genre
- romantic comedy
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- dysfunctional family
- Director
- Steven Shainberg
- Screenwriter
- Steven Shainberg
- Composer
- Angelo Badalamenti
- Producer
- Steven Shainberg
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 185519
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.secretarythemovie.co.uk
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- publication date
- 2003-09-25
- title
- Secretary
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Michael A. Baker
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 63/100
Sources (15)
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