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Oct 11, 2002 · With James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies, Lesley Ann Warren. A 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.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Steven Shainberg
- 2002-10-11
Budget. $4 million [3] Box office. $9.3 million [4] Secretary is a 2002 American erotic romantic comedy-drama film directed by Steven Shainberg from a screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson, based on the 1988 short story of the same name by Mary Gaitskill. [2] [5] [6] Starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader, the film explores the intense ...
Burt Holloway. Watchlist. Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a young woman with a history of severe emotional problems, is released into the care of her overbearing parents following a stay at a...
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- Steven Shainberg
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- James Spader
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Jan 11, 2002 · Secretary 2002. by. Romance/Drama. Publication date. 2002-01-11. Usage. Public Domain Mark 1.0. Topics. secretary (award-winning work), james spader (film actor), drama (tv genre), maggie gyllenhaal (film actor) Language. English. Lee Holloway is the socially awkward and emotionally sensitive youngest daughter of a dysfunctional family.
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Sep 27, 2002 · Roger Ebert September 27, 2002. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "Secretary" approaches the tricky subject of sadomasochism with a stealthy tread, avoiding the dangers of making it either too offensive, or too funny. Because S/M involves postures that are absorbing for the participants but absurd to the onlooker, we tend to giggle ...
Synopsis. Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal), is a socially awkward and emotionally sensitive youngest daughter of a dysfunctional family. She has to adjust to normal life after having been hospitalized following an incident of dangerous self-harm. She learns to type, starts to date an acquaintance from high school named Peter, and begins to work ...
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 ...