Top billed cast

1. 

   James Spader

   Mr. Grey

2. 

   Maggie Gyllenhaal

   Lee Holloway

3. 

   Jeremy Davies

   Peter

4. 

   Lesley Ann Warren

   Joan Holloway

5. 

   Stephen McHattie

   Burt Holloway

6. 

   Patrick Bauchau

   Dr. Twardon

7. 

   Jessica Tuck

   Tricia O'Connor

8. 

   Osgood Perkins

   Jonathan

9. 

   Amy Locane

   Lee's Sister

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on 2018-03-25

Dominance and submission at the office (um... no)

RELEASED IN 2002 and directed by Steven Shainberg, "Secretary" is a romantic dramedy about a young woman (Maggie Gyllenhaal) who spent some time at a mental hospital for self-harm (e.g. cutting). She apprehends a job as a secretary to a quirky, arduous lawyer (James Spader) wherein their employer-employee bond turns increasingly sexual in a dominant/submissive way.

This is the first mainline film in America to breach the difficult topic of BDSM, walking the balance beam between being either too amusing or too offensive. For those not in t...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$4,000,000.00

Revenue
$9,300,000.00

Keywords

• suicide
• clerk
• fetish
• sadomasochism
• secretary
• lawyer
• hospital
• typewriter
• kinky
• submissive
• cutting
• pantyhose
• bdsm
• workplace romance
• workplace drama