--- description: "It's domestic violence dressed up as erotica" title: Watch a News Anchor Go on an Epic Rant About Why 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Is Horrible image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c0d4dbbf48a2b9b/69877efd3c1639b220451bd6/screen-shot-2015-02-12-at-11-21-41-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch a News Anchor Go on an Epic Rant About Why _Fifty Shades of Grey_ Is the Worst Movie Ever by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2015 5:06 PM CUT  by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2015 5:06 PM CUT If you hate the whole _Fifty Shades of Grey_ craze, you’re definitely not alone. Australian _Today_ show anchor Lisa Wilkinson just saw it, and she _really_ hated it. We mean loathed it. Abhorred it. So she shared her review of the film on a recent show. “I have something I want to get off my chest,” Wilkinson begins, before launching into a passionate diatribe about _Fifty Shades_ and all the reasons it’s the worst movie she’s ever seen. “Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey is a thirty-something jerk of a billionaire who never seems to work,” she quips. “An emotionally crippled narcissist no one could love.” Dakota Johnson’s character is no better, she says, as she’s pathetic and “falls in love with the aforementioned jerk and singlehandedly sells women across the world short.” Watch her full review of the film above. _Read next:_ [_There’s Already a Campaign to Boycott_ Fifty Shades of Grey](http://time.com/3696254/50-shades-of-grey-boycott/ "undefined") _Read the Review:_ [Fifty Shades of Grey: _Where’s the Wicked Whiplash?_](http://time.com/3706587/fifty-shades-of-grey-movie-review/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3707292/fifty-shades-of-grey-movie-news-anchor-rant/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3707292/fifty-shades-of-grey-movie-news-anchor-rant/"},"headline":"Watch a News Anchor Go on an Epic Rant About Why Fifty Shades of Grey Is the Worst Movie Ever","datePublished":"2015-02-12T17:06:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:50.437Z","description":"\"It's domestic violence dressed up as erotica\"","url":"https://time.com/3707292/fifty-shades-of-grey-movie-news-anchor-rant/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c0d4dbbf48a2b9b/69877efd3c1639b220451bd6/screen-shot-2015-02-12-at-11-21-41-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c0d4dbbf48a2b9b/69877efd3c1639b220451bd6/screen-shot-2015-02-12-at-11-21-41-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2015-02-12 at 11.21.41 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3707292/fifty-shades-of-grey-movie-news-anchor-rant/","name":"Watch a News Anchor Go on an Epic Rant About Why Fifty Shades of Grey Is the Worst Movie Ever"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Video: Fans Welcome E.L. James to New York","description":"Enthusiastic fans welcome E.L. James, the author of the “Fifty Shades” trilogy, to New York","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fooCMHAM/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2012-03-30T14:36:13.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fooCMHAM.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3707292/fifty-shades-of-grey-movie-news-anchor-rant/","duration":"PT7M9S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3707292/fifty-shades-of-grey-movie-news-anchor-rant/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```