--- description: "I would be very uncomfortable if I saw it," Melanie Griffith said title: Dakota Johnson's Mom Won't See 'Fifty Shades of Grey' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf89b5a5821971a5a/69877d5fcd1bba591d6f5066/50-shades-of-grey.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Dakota Johnson's Mom Won't See _Fifty Shades of Grey_ by [Jennifer Heyde / People](/author/people/) ## Jennifer Heyde / People Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 8, 2015 10:53 PM CUT  Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan star in Fifty Shades of Grey Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan star in Fifty Shades of GreyChuck Zlotnick—Universal Pictures by [Jennifer Heyde / People](/author/people/) ## Jennifer Heyde / People Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 8, 2015 10:53 PM CUT The world has been waiting with bated breath for the film adaptation of E.L. James’s erotic novel [_Fifty Shades of Grey_](http://www.people.com/article/fifty-shades-of-grey-50-dollars-not-50-shades-twitter-campaign "undefined"), starring [Jamie Dornan](http://www.people.com/article/jamie-dornan-fifty-shades-of-grey-sex-dungeon-research "undefined") and [Dakota Johnson](http://stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com/2015/01/20/dakota-johnson-february-2015-vogue/ "undefined"). But at least one person’s not looking forward to seeing the film: Johnson’s mom, actress [Melanie Griffith](http://www.people.com/article/melanie-griffith-italy-without-wedding-ring-antonio-banderas-split "undefined"). Out celebrating Grammy weekend at music executive [Clive Davis](http://www.people.com/article/clive-davis-whitney-houston-death-anniversary "undefined")‘s annual [pre-Grammy gala at the Beverly Hilton Saturday](http://www.peoplestylewatch.com/people/stylewatch/package/article/0,,20881792%5F20899710,00.html "undefined"), Griffith told reporters what would happen if she were to watch her daughter in _Fifty Shades_. “She would be very uncomfortable if I saw it, and I would be very uncomfortable if I saw it,” Griffith said. “So we would never be able to talk about it, so why would I see it?” But like any mom, Griffith was happy her daughter got a job. “I was so happy for her when she called me,” Griffith says, though it seems she would have preferred her daughter as the lead in a slightly less racy franchise, “She said, ‘Well, I just got _Fifty Shades of Grey_!’ I was like, ‘Oh. My God!'” And even as the film’s Feb. 13 release date draws nearer, Griffith remains resolutely non-curious. “Would you want to see your child having sex like that? Just regular sex, I couldn’t even do that, but the ‘room of pain’ sex? I definitely couldn’t do that!” Johnson, on the other hand, [told _USA Today_](http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2015/02/08/dakota-johnsons-parents-can-maybe-see-fifty-shades/?utm%5Fsource=feedblitz&utm%5Fmedium=FeedBlitzRss&utm%5Fcampaign=usatoday-lifetopstories "undefined") that her parents are “maybe” allowed to see the film. _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/article/melanie-griffith-dakota-johnson-50-shades-grey "undefined") _originally appeared on People.com_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3700187/fifty-shades-of-grey-dakota-johnson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3700187/fifty-shades-of-grey-dakota-johnson/"},"headline":"Dakota Johnson's Mom Won't See Fifty Shades of Grey","datePublished":"2015-02-08T22:53:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:14:28.190Z","description":"\"I would be very uncomfortable if I saw it,\" Melanie Griffith said","url":"https://time.com/3700187/fifty-shades-of-grey-dakota-johnson/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf89b5a5821971a5a/69877d5fcd1bba591d6f5066/50-shades-of-grey.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jennifer Heyde / People"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf89b5a5821971a5a/69877d5fcd1bba591d6f5066/50-shades-of-grey.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Fifty Shades of Gray","caption":"Fifty Shades of Gray","creditText":"Chuck Zlotnick—Universal Pictures","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3700187/fifty-shades-of-grey-dakota-johnson/","name":"Dakota Johnson's Mom Won't See Fifty Shades of Grey"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Super Fans React To 50 Shades of Grey Screening","description":"Super fans who attended an early screening of the 50 Shades of Grey movie at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City had a lot to say about the film, which is set to release on February 13th.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/QjE5FVDr/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-02-06T21:10:27.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/QjE5FVDr.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3700187/fifty-shades-of-grey-dakota-johnson/","duration":"PT1M27S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3700187/fifty-shades-of-grey-dakota-johnson/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Fifty Shades Of Grey - Trailer","description":"Fifty Shades Of Grey - Trailer","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/GJv5ooq3/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-24T13:17:10.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/GJv5ooq3.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3700187/fifty-shades-of-grey-dakota-johnson/","duration":"PT2M24S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3700187/fifty-shades-of-grey-dakota-johnson/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```