Review of Secretary (2002) by Casey Z — 29 May 2015

I've never been able to decide if Shainberg took the easy way out or the difficult way in to his study of a BDSM relationship. The film is a surprisingly realistic representation of human psychology involved in Sadism / Masochism and assorted psychological disorders.

The challenge is it is all presented in an otherwise almost conventional love story. In the end, it doesn't really matter because this subversive little movie is so committed to an off-kilter love story that the whole experiment is entertaining.