Fifty Shades Darker Review: 2 Ups & 8 Downs

1. It's Actually Worse Than The Original

And finally, all this considered, Fifty Shades Darker is actually somehow worse than the first one. Really. It holds itself in a far more stern regard, the cinematography's not as lavish, the actors care less, and everything that sucked about the original just feels amplified this time around.

The first movie scored an unremarkable-but-not-horrendous 25% on Rotten Tomatoes, while Darker has nailed an impressively awful 8% at the time of press. On the flip-side, it's hard to imagine the next one being even worse, but then again, many thought that about this movie, so you never know.

But it's not all bad! Here's the little that actually works in the movie...