Fifty Shades of Grey Slammed as ''Domestic Violence Dressed Up as Erotica'' by Australian Today Show Host

Actors are on a worldwide press tour to promote the flick

By Lily Harrison Feb 13, 2015 12:12 AMTags
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Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan have been parading their sexiness around the globe in the name of Fifty Shades of Grey, and this time they made a stop in London at the Odeon Leicester Square.

The hunky Brit smoldered in a navy suit, while his onscreen leading lady showed off some serious skin in a white Saint Laurent gown complete with a plunging (and we mean plunging) neckline.

And while the two are certainly easy on the eyes, Australia's Channel 9 Today show co-host Lisa Wilkinson couldn't quite get on board with the film adaptation of E.L. James' super-popular book trilogy.

During this morning's appearance on the talk show, she slammed the film and called it "the worst movie I've ever seen."

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"Dakota Johnson is the one-dimensional, lip-biting (could someone please get that girl a chapstick!) totally pathetic Anastasia Steele," she shared, while noting that Dornan's Christian Grey "never seems to work" and is "an emotionally crippled narcissist no one could love."

Wilkinson continued, "Fifty Shades of Grey is more appalling than appealing. It's domestic violence dressed up as erotica...and if there's one thing this movie is not, it's erotic."

It should be noted, however, that Wilkinson's opinion is not shared by many a film critic.

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Forbes' Scott Mendelson praised both of the actors' performances, saying Johnson, "sells the hell out of this film" and that "Fifty Shades of Grey is exactly what it promises and little more."

Meanwhile, Variety's Justin Chang said the flick isn't "exactly whip-smart, but this hotly anticipated bondage-porn romance is in many ways a significant improvement on E.L. James' novel."

(E! and Universal Pictures are both part of the same NBCUniversal family.)