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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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80
Wall Street Journal
Lee's journey of the body and soul is something else. Maggie Gyllenhaal makes it strangely touching, a revelation.
80
Rolling Stone
A film of startling humor and feeling. For that, director Steven Shainberg, who co-wrote the script with Erin Cressida Wilson, owes much to two remarkable performances.
80
Newsweek
Manages to be simultaneously subversive and sweet.
75
Boston Globe
Love hurts in Secretary -- but not too much. It's not impossible to imagine adventurous young couples seeing this movie and rushing home to try out the handcuffs and paddles.
75
Chicago Sun-Times
Approaches the tricky subject of sadomasochism with a stealthy tread, avoiding the dangers of making it either too offensive, or too funny.
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