Fifty Shades of Black

Director: Michael Tiddes Michael Tiddes

Overview

A recent college graduate named Hannah (Kali Hawk) becomes entangled in a peculiar sexual relationship with wealthy businessman Christian Black (Marlon Wayans) in this parody of Fifty Shades of Grey. The spoof was directed by Michael Tiddes and co-written by Wayans and Rick Alvarez.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/19/2016
UPC:	0025192343384
Original Release:	2016
Rating:	R
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:32:00
Sales rank:	49,121

Special Features

Meet Mr. Black; Unrated deleted scenes

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Marlon Wayans	Christian Black,Charlese,Gregg
Kali Hawk	Hannah
Mike Epps	Ron
Andrew Bachelor	Jesse
Affion Crockett	Eli
Jane Seymour	Claire
Fred Willard	Gary
Florence Henderson	Mrs. Robinson
Karli Karissa	Elevator Business Woman
Alice Rietveld	Bride to Be
Marissa D'Onofrio	Mrs. White
Katelyn Causey	Black's Assistant
Brad Schmidt	Joe Mills
Stephen Todt	Bike Messenger
Megan Salmans	Repulsed Strip Club Patron
Jenny Zigrino	Kateesha
Bud Galloway	Crazy Stepfather
K.T. Wiegman	Big Girl
James McMann	Sick Airline Passenger
Vincent Oshana	Locksmith
Johnny Meyer	Waiter At Coffee Shop
Craig Jordan	Mrs. Robinson's Stud
Thomas James Kepner	Tailor
Joey Romaine	Tech Guy
Ken McGuire	Mr. White
Sydney Castillo	Actor
Irene Choi	Actor
D.C. Ervin	Actor
Howard Alonzo	Officer James Cooper
Dave Sheridan	The Great Mysterio
Mircea Monroe	Becky
Angel Laketa Moore	Carla
Elizabeth Ho	Yuki
Mark Behar	Kim K's Bodyguard
Kitty DeCarlo	Strip Club Patron
Tina Grimm	Miss White
Fred Savage	Actor
Kate Lang Johnson	Actor
James Dooley	Composer,Composer

Technical Credits

Rick Alvarez

Marlon Wayans

Michael Tiddes	Director
Steve Squillante	Producer,Executive Producer
Rick Alvarez	Screenwriter,Producer
Stuart Ford	Executive Producer
Matt Jackson	Executive Producer
Glendon Palmer	Executive Producer
Paddy Cullen	Executive Producer
Marlon Wayans	Screenwriter,Producer
Beth Lipari	Casting

Editorial Reviews

Admit it, this title was just begging to happen, and dammit if one of the horde of Wayans didn't rise to the occasion. Here it's Marlon Wayans starring in this parody of the inexplicable softcore S&M phenomenon following the erotic education of naïve, college-aged virgin Hannah (Kali Hawk) under the tutelage of Christian Black (Wayans), a suave self-made millionaire who also does things like lick a piece of toast all over, front and back, before letting Hannah eat it. That's just an aspect of his controlling, dominant nature, which also includes hiding in her laundry basket to keep an eye on her and demanding she sign a contract detailing what exactly he can and cannot do to her, such as whether he's allowed to use the whip labeled "12 Years a Slave" on her, or just settle for the one marked "Roots." This is a silly, broad and extremely raunchy comedy with lots of swinging prosthetic body parts on display, including a very impertinent outie belly button that qualifies as new territory in erogenous zones. Wayans is believably suave as a multimillionaire sadist, but isn't afraid to gurn or pratfall when the gag demands it. And Fifty Shades of Black distinguishes itself from the equally crude Dirty Grandpa in that its gags are just as vulgar but are never mean-spirited (the only person who comes off badly is E.L. James, whose best-selling work of "literature" is skewered in a scene where Christian reading it aloud is the worst torture Hannah is forced to endure). The screenplay only lightly touches on the idea of whips and chains as something that may have a complicated appeal for the descendants of slaves, but where its wisecracks could have drawn blood it settles instead for love taps. The movie's biggest problem is the thinness of its source material. It's one thing to skewer an entire genre, as the Wayans did in Scary Movie or Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, but quite another to pick a single source to parody, and a very thin gruel of a source at that. They do their best by bolstering the main storyline with funny scenes that pick on movies like Whiplash and Magic Mike (including the movie's best scene involving a TV mom of advanced age proving she's a very, very good sport), but there just aren't that many other S&M romantic dramas to lump into the mix. The laughs in Fifty Shades of Black do not come at a machine-gun clip like in Airplane!, and the movie could use at least one real gut-busting moment as a centerpiece, but the sporadic chuckles it provokes are real and deserved. Now let's see what the Wayans clan can do with I Am Curious (Yellow), or Blue Velvet, or Behind the Green Door.