
Christian Black introduces shy college student Hannah Steale to the world of "romance" after she interviews him for her school newspaper. Their kinky relationship stumbles forward despite Christian's shortcomings as a lover and the antics of his racist adoptive mother Claire, his well-endowed brother Eli and Hannah's hyper-sexual roommate Kateesha..... (Full plot summary below)
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Christian Black introduces shy college student Hannah Steale to the world of "romance" after she interviews him for her school newspaper. Their kinky relationship stumbles forward despite Christian's shortcomings as a lover and the antics of his racist adoptive mother Claire, his well-endowed brother Eli and Hannah's hyper-sexual roommate Kateesha..
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| VarietyScott TobiasAt a minimum, a parody should be funnier than the film it’s sending up, but Fifty Shades of Black, a quick-and-dirty riff on last year’s S&M romance “Fifty Shades of Grey,” falls a laugh or two short of even that low standard. |
| Consequence of SoundBlake GobleMarlon Wayans is clearly getting off on the gags, but the lazy, hard humor, and elastic joke-making eventually has a numbing effect. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderMarlon Wayans has proven that he doesn't need any help from his brothers to make a truly awful spoof. This is probably a great source of pride for him at family gatherings. |
| Entertainment WeeklyChristian HolubThe film manages to be surprisingly subversive with its humor. |
| AV ClubKatie RifeWhen Wayans allows himself to deviate from his formula there are a few effective moments of un-self-conscious slapstick. |
| NOW TorontoRadheyan SimonpillaiIf there were ever a purpose to these crass, imbecilic parodies, it's to remind us that the closest black actors come to starring in something like Scream, Paranormal Activity or Fifty Shades Of Grey is when Marlon Wayans spoofs them. |
| Slant MagazineClayton DillardAn aimless, if sporadically clever, parody that tirelessly conceives of human sexuality as punchlines for its shortsighted cultural ribbings. |
| RogerEbert.comChristy LemireMostly, Fifty Shades of Black is exactly what you expect it will be. It hits all the notes of its source material, only it amps them up, and it seems to get the inherent absurdity of this premise even more than Sam Taylor-Johnson’s movie did. |
| Flickering MythRobert KojderHonestly, the whole experience would fare better as a skit rather than a feature-length film |
| The ListEddie HarrisonBy setting his sights on the film adaptation of EL James' bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey, Wayans finally finds a target that offers him a valid excuse for his trademark crudeness. |