![]() She is totally tired, subservient and radiant in total surrender, rescued from a voyeurizing world. And in one of the movie's sexiest, most endearing scenes, we see Spader carry her off in her urine-soaked wedding dress as he finally assumes his responsibilities as her loving "dom". ![]() And as far as I'm concerned, she's fabulous, darling. And, let's face it, Gyllenhaal is grippingly sexy, and we see her in hose, panties, tight skirts and in the nude. Spader is type-cast a bit, but his world-weary sexiness fits well with Gyllenhaal's naiveté. Gyllenhaal is radiant and sinuous, and we feel that she's truly experiencing the wonder of it all for the first time. But what or who is she? And who in the hell is he? The movie is sexy. He is demanding yet insistent that his new charge break away from her stifling past and be herself. ![]() As our heroine tries to re-enter the world by getting her first job with this man, it becomes apparent that the boss is anything but normal. Our heroine, the fresh-faced (and magnificently moon-like) Maggie Gyllenhaal is brilliant as the new secretary to a lawyer who goes through so many secretaries, he has a "secretary" vacancy sign he lights up outside his office. This movie transcends its gentle S&M to reveal yet another way to love. I pilgrim around, searching through books and movies for secret pathways to and circumstances of the human heart. Yes, these two find each other in one of the most bizarre cinematic love stories ever. And what about a man, an attorney, who's emotionally closed off and can only get in touch with orchids, inserting long stainless-steel tools into their waiting organs. But what about the path to love through the back door (so to speak)? What about a love story where she's a young, neurotic woman, just out of a mental hospital back to a family where Dad's a serious drunk and Mom's a serious nervous fruitcake. Then begins the sexual part, so we parry and thrust, take signals from each other, and, over time, we feel each other up together. We communicate about ourselves to each other. And, usually, the emotional pathways are similar. you meet someone at work, at school, in a singles bar. The superficial circumstances are similar. What is the path to love? For every person, it's different.
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