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Prepare yourself for some serious secondhand embarrassment as we dive into the most cringeworthy moments from the Fifty Shades saga! From awkward love scenes to bizarre plot twists, these are the bits that had fans shaking their heads. We’ll revisit everything from icy elevator encounters to questionable punishments and baffling character decisions. Which painful scene had you squirming the most? Sound off in the comments below!
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00:06Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the cringiest scenes in the
00:12Fifty Shades franchise.
00:13Ms. Steele, your meeting.
00:18Page one.
00:21Number 20, The Boat Ride to Nowhere, Fifty Shades Darker.
00:25With a runtime just shy of two hours, you'd think every minute of Fifty Shades Darker would
00:31be packed with action and plot development.
00:33Unfortunately, you'd be wrong.
00:35If something were to happen to you because of me, it won't.
00:41Nothing's gonna happen to me.
00:43At one point, Anna's car is attacked by her stalker.
00:46How did she and Christian respond to this?
00:49By heading out to his yacht, of course.
00:51The story came to a screeching halt as the audience was treated to several overhead shots of the
00:55vessel, and Anna attempting to steer.
00:58All while I Don't Wanna Live Forever played over the sequence.
01:01Baby, baby.
01:03Don't let go.
01:04I have to let go.
01:05Don't let go.
01:06All night and everything.
01:08The tension they had built vanished completely, all in favor of pure filler.
01:12All in all, it seemed more like an excuse to shoehorn Zayn and Taylor's song in, rather
01:18than a continuation of the plot.
01:20Just wanna keep calling your name.
01:22Until you come back home.
01:26Oh my god.
01:28I just wanna keep calling your name.
01:31Number 19.
01:32Christian Changes His Mind.
01:33Fifty Shades Freed.
01:35An unearned emotional moment can take it from meaningful to cheesy in an instant.
01:39This happened just after the climax of Fifty Shades Freed, when Anna blacks out and is
01:45hospitalized.
01:46Please stay back, Mr. Drake.
01:47Let us help your wife.
01:49While she was unconscious, Christian suddenly realized the error of his ways, and vowed to
01:55treat her better, a bit of development spurred on by the events of the previous scene.
01:59Shortly after Anna woke up, somehow free of any cognitive dysfunction, he told her all
02:04about his change of heart, and how he wanted to start a family with her.
02:08Anna, I wanna have this baby with you.
02:11I was just scared.
02:14Had they spent the time to develop Christian's character, then the realization wouldn't have
02:18seemed as forced.
02:20Instead, it came across like an attempt to tie up the narrative loose ends they'd created.
02:24This baby's gonna love you.
02:28Unconditionally.
02:29Number 18, Christian's reaction to Anna's pregnancy.
02:33Fifty Shades Freed.
02:34I have plans for us.
02:36I wanted to give you the world.
02:38The only thing more poorly executed than Christian coming around to Anna's pregnancy was his initial
02:43reaction to it.
02:45After getting married, the two began to have different views when it came to starting a
02:49family.
02:50Do you not wanna have kids?
02:52Of course.
02:54One day, just not now.
02:57I'm not ready to share you with anyone.
03:00The wedding occurring prior to that conversation was just the tip of the poorly written iceberg.
03:05When Anna fell pregnant, she broke the news to Christian, only for him to scold her for forgetting her birth
03:11control.
03:18Besides the fact that those methods aren't 100% effective even when taken properly, he conveniently ignored his role in
03:25the situation.
03:26It got worse from there, with him raising his voice at her and storming out.
03:30While it was understandable that he'd be stressed, his response was so over the top that it became comical.
03:36Do you really think that I'm ready to be a father?
03:38No.
03:41I don't.
03:42I don't.
03:42Number 17.
03:43Lipstick Boundaries.
03:4550 Shades Darker.
03:4650 Shades Darker attempted to show the importance of limits in a very literal way.
03:51Rather than a simple conversation, Christian had Anna trace his physical boundaries on his chest with lipstick.
03:57I can live with that.
04:01Then I'm all yours.
04:02After the less than subtle moment, Christian casually donned a suit and headed off to a masquerade ball with Anna.
04:09When the end of the night rolled around, you'd think he and his shirt would have been covered in smudged
04:14lipstick.
04:15Instead, the box was still neatly drawn, and his shirt was totally clean.
04:20To add insult to injury, it came off perfectly in the shower,
04:23which some makeup wearers immediately clocked as unrealistic.
04:27Though it was just a small moment, it was so unbelievable that it distracted some viewers from the story.
04:33Who did this to you?
04:37Go on.
04:38It's over.
04:38Number 16.
04:40Submissive Sadist.
04:4150 Shades Darker.
04:43I know you say that I'm enough.
04:48But there are certain things that you are used to getting that I will never, ever, ever be able to
04:54give you.
04:55Though it wasn't presented as such in the movie, responding to your partner's valid concerns by trauma dumping on them
05:00is manipulative by nature.
05:02In 50 Shades Darker, this occurred just after Anna was attacked by Christian's ex, and then saw them share an
05:09intimate moment with one another.
05:11Look, I know she scared you.
05:13Yeah, she scared me.
05:16But you scared me more.
05:18When she rightfully tried to leave, he decided it was the perfect time to come clean and admit he wasn't
05:24a dominant.
05:24But a submissive sadist who received pleasure from bringing pain to people that reminded him of his mother.
05:30Most people would have heard that confession and ran for the hills.
05:33But not Anna.
05:34Though the moment was intended to develop Christian's character, it instead highlighted how unhealthy their relationship was.
05:41This is me.
05:44All of me.
05:46Christian.
05:48I want more of yours.
05:59Number 15.
06:00Anna Tells Gia Off.
06:0250 Shades Freed.
06:03What was intended as a girl boss moment instead became one of the cringiest moments in the entire series.
06:09Everything okay?
06:10Yeah.
06:11We were just discussing an alternative approach.
06:15Something less in your face.
06:18More respectful.
06:20After surprising Anna with a house, Christian enlisted an architect named Gia to help turn it into a home.
06:26She began flirting with him, even going so far as to touch him.
06:30Not to be outdone, Anna makes it clear who the real dominant in the scenario is.
06:35You may call me Mrs. Gray, and this is not a prestige project.
06:39This is going to be our home.
06:43So, if you want this job, I suggest you stop making eyes at my husband and keep your hands to
06:48yourself.
06:49It lacked all subtlety, and seemed to have been written purely for Anna to flex her ring.
06:55There's nothing wrong with having a character defend herself.
06:58But the way it was handled made the protagonist come off as a Mary Sue.
07:01It's moments like this you remember the story was based on a fan fiction.
07:05This is going to be fun.
07:08I'm paying for extra security and you're scarier than any of them.
07:12Number 14.
07:13How to Love.
07:14Fifty Shades Darker.
07:15I wanted to meet you.
07:19I can't say the same.
07:21Excuse me.
07:22There are plenty of instances of bad dialogue across the trilogy.
07:25One of the worst occurred during Fifty Shades Darker,
07:28following Anna's confrontation with her partner's former dom, Elena.
07:32When the latter tried telling Christian the former was bad for him,
07:36he cut her off and proceeded to drop one of the most ham-handed lines in the entire movie.
07:40You don't know what's right for me.
07:41You tell me how to f**k, Elena.
07:44Anna tell me how to love.
07:46The clunky writing and awkward delivery were bad enough on their own,
07:49but it was made even more laughably dramatic by Christian's mother walking over and slapping her afterwards.
07:55Cringy dialogue aside,
07:57it also pushed the harmful trope of a character being healed of their former toxicity through the power of love.
08:03Number 13.
08:04The Helicopter Crash.
08:05Fifty Shades Darker.
08:07Between Anna being stalked by Christian's ex,
08:09her being attacked by her boss,
08:11and Elena coming back into the picture,
08:13there's plenty of narrative drama to go around in Fifty Shades Darker.
08:17Despite all that,
08:18the third act introduced a new hurdle,
08:20a sudden helicopter crash.
08:22I changed the flight plan.
08:23Get us home sooner.
08:26Great.
08:28You realize that's a volcano, right?
08:30Relax, Ross.
08:31If it goes up, you'll have a ringside seat.
08:33Mid-flight, Christian's craft malfunctioned,
08:36careening him and a business associate towards Mount St. Helens.
08:40The audience was then treated to a melodramatic sequence,
08:43where he maneuvered them to safety,
08:45all while maintaining a disaffected smolder.
08:49What's happening?
08:54The sudden moment had virtually no stakes,
08:57as it was obvious they weren't going to kill off one of their leads out of nowhere.
09:01This was proven just a few minutes afterwards,
09:03when he came home with hardly any injuries.
09:06Guys, relax.
09:07I'm fine.
09:08Okay.
09:10I need to say hi to my girl.
09:11Okay.
09:12Come on.
09:16I need a drink.
09:18Miss me?
09:19Number 12.
09:20Leela confronting Anna.
09:22Fifty Shades Darker.
09:24What is it?
09:26Um...
09:27There was just a girl over there,
09:29and she was outside my office yesterday.
09:31And she knew my name.
09:33One of the running plot lines throughout Fifty Shades Darker
09:35was one of Christian's former submissives,
09:38Leela,
09:39coming out of the woodwork to stalk Anna.
09:41It all came to a head in one incredibly uncomfortable and poorly executed scene.
09:46Leela confronted her and brandished a weapon at her,
09:49before mocking her and seeing she wasn't right for Christian.
09:52Why don't you put the gun down?
09:53You don't know him.
09:54What he likes?
09:56You don't give him what he wants.
09:57He's pretending with you.
09:58It was already bordering on melodramatic,
10:01but it tipped over into full-on ridiculousness with his entrance.
10:05Rather than call the police or simply tackle Leela,
10:08he handled the situation by telling her to kneel.
10:10He then began to stroke her hair,
10:13leaving Anna and the viewers equally horrified.
10:15As if its over-the-top nature wasn't bad enough,
10:18it also set the stage for his aforementioned trauma dumping.
10:21Put that skull away from me there.
10:28For once.
10:30Just do what you're told.
10:31Number 11.
10:32Christian touches Anna on a crowded elevator.
10:35Fifty Shades Darker.
10:37Now maybe we could take this celebration home.
10:42If there's one thing this series should have been able to pull off,
10:45it's sex scenes.
10:46Fifty Shades Darker proved that wasn't always the case.
10:49Come to my bedroom.
10:52Sex is not gonna fix this right now.
10:55Are you insane?
10:56After a dinner date,
10:57the pair boarded an incredibly crowded elevator.
11:00With people standing less than a foot away from them,
11:02he began touching Anna.
11:04What was intended to be sexy instead came across as uncomfortable,
11:08especially her not-so-subtle reactions.
11:10Had this happened in the real world,
11:12the pair would have likely been slapped with an indecent exposure
11:15or lewd conduct charge.
11:17However, in the movie, the doors simply opened,
11:20and everyone exited none the wiser.
11:23The series had included a steamy elevator scene in the previous movie,
11:26leaving some wondering what went wrong with this one.
11:36What is it about elevators?
11:39Number 10.
11:40Mr. Grey will see you now.
11:42Fifty Shades of Grey.
11:43Mr. Grey will see you now.
11:44This series establishes upfront that it's going to be anything but subtle.
11:48As Anastasia Steele arrives at an elongated building
11:52to interview billionaire Christian Grey,
11:54Anna is covering for her ill roommate,
11:56who apparently didn't think to ask another journalist student to fill in.
12:00Anna, take my card.
12:03I gave her the recorder, right?
12:06Oh, yes.
12:07Making her way through an office full of fembots,
12:10Anna is introduced to the intense Mr. Grey,
12:13right after a Gerald Ford moment.
12:18Following some uncomfortable questions,
12:20Christian asks Anna about herself.
12:22Anna makes herself out to be dumpy and unflattering
12:25when she's clearly gorgeous enough to be on a magazine cover.
12:28The writers neglected to give Anna a personality, however,
12:32which makes Christian's instant obsession with her all the more questionable.
12:35I hope you got everything you needed.
12:38I think you only answered four questions.
12:41Number 9.
12:42The Car Chase.
12:43Fifty Shades Freed.
12:44We've lost Taylor and Sawyer.
12:47Slackers.
12:48I'm a race car driver.
12:50As Anna and Christian are pursued by a mysterious driver,
12:53the film forgets that it's supposed to be an erotic drama
12:56and instead becomes a commercial for the Audi R8.
13:07Seriously, everything from the cinematography to the music feels like an ad.
13:11What's even more inexplicable is that this car chase takes place on a freeway in Seattle,
13:15which is notorious for having some of the worst gridlock in the US.
13:19Yet, Anna is able to speed through without hitting any bad traffic.
13:23Speaking of which, when did Anna become Vin Diesel?
13:26Anyway, they lose the other vehicle and engage in some highly unsatisfying car sex.
13:32There, the parking lot.
13:41Number 8.
13:42Ice Cream Spooning.
13:43Fifty Shades Freed.
13:45You wanna talk about it?
13:46I've already talked this pint of ice cream about it.
13:49Audi isn't the only shameless product placement on display in Fifty Shades Freed.
13:53Anna and Christian also indulge in a four-way with, well, Ben and Jerry.
13:58Just when you thought their lovemaking sessions couldn't possibly get any sillier,
14:02the couple incorporates a little ice cream to paradoxically heat things up.
14:06We guess that's what they meant by having a vanilla relationship.
14:09You wanna...
14:10What do you call it?
14:12A vanilla relationship?
14:14Their sex act is beyond ridiculous, as Anna covers Christian with the cold, sticky ice cream,
14:20and sensual licking ensues.
14:22We're not sure what the writers were thinking, but all they did was make us lose our appetite.
14:27As far as food sex goes, Sausage Party was more stimulating than this.
14:32Number 7.
14:32Christian Punishes Anna.
14:34Fifty Shades of Grey.
14:35I want you to show me the worst.
14:45Is the only way I can understand.
14:47Christian keeps describing himself as a tortured and sadistic soul,
14:51claiming he needs to punish his sexual partners.
14:55Intimidated but still curious, Anna asks Christian to punish her so she can see him at his worst.
15:00They retreat to the playroom, where Anna makes herself vulnerable and Christian whips her butt six times.
15:07Count, Anastasia.
15:10What?
15:11Um, is that it?
15:13Don't get us wrong, Christian's actions are unpleasant to watch,
15:16but we were expecting something a bit more shocking and graphic after so much build-up.
15:21Finally realizing that Christian might not be boyfriend material,
15:24Anna is encouraged to walk out on him.
15:26At least until the next movie.
15:29Stop.
15:30No.
15:39Number 6.
15:40Anna Loses Her Virginity.
15:42Fifty Shades of Grey.
15:44You're still a virgin?
15:46I have just shown you.
15:47I know.
15:48I just...
15:49You've done other things, right?
15:52No.
15:53One of the biggest criticisms regarding the Fifty Shades series
15:56is that the people involved seem to have little understanding of how BDSM works.
16:01What's just as insulting is that they can't even depict basic sex in a believable manner.
16:06Before consummating their relationship, Anna confesses that she's a virgin,
16:10which both Christian and the audience have a hard time believing.
16:13I wouldn't know.
16:17What do you mean?
16:21Because I have, I haven't.
16:24For someone who's supposed to be sexually repressed, Anna finds her bearings quite quickly as her and Christian partake in
16:30the first of many underwhelming sex scenes.
16:33We can't speak for everyone, but typically a person's first time is a lot more awkward than this, especially when
16:38it's with somebody you barely know.
16:40What are you doing?
16:42Rectifying the situation.
16:44I'm a situation.
16:46Number 5.
16:47Jack takes Christian's sister hostage, Fifty Shades Freed.
16:51If you want to see your sister-in-law again, get me $5 million by 1 p.m.
16:56Anna isn't exactly known for her wise decision-making skills, but this sequence throws all common sense out the window.
17:02When the sinister Jack Hyde takes Christian's sister hostage, he orders Anna to deliver a $5 million ransom.
17:10Jack, that's completely impossible.
17:12Oh, please.
17:13You are smart enough to take my job.
17:15You'll figure it out.
17:16You'd think that Anna would call the cops, her personal security team, or even Christian at the very least.
17:21Instead, she collects the money and goes after Jack alone, putting both herself and her unborn child in jeopardy.
17:28Luckily for Anna, Jack isn't the mastermind he makes himself out to be.
17:32Anna actually slips a gun past him, and he goes down with one shot.
17:36How can somebody be so crafty and so incompetent at the same time?
17:40Number 4.
17:41Benoit Balls, Fifty Shades Darker.
17:44You just gonna stand there gawking?
17:46Another major issue audiences have with the Fifty Shades series is that the filmmakers can never pick a tone.
17:52Are these movies supposed to be genuinely arousing or playfully self-aware?
17:56This scene in particular is one of the most tonally confused in the entire franchise.
18:00As Anna looks for something sexy to wear, Christian offers her a set of Benoit Balls.
18:06Tonight might be more stimulating.
18:09If you'll wear these.
18:14How am I supposed to wear them?
18:16Anna makes it clear up front that she's not really comfortable with the idea, but eventually relents.
18:21We can't tell if the scene was intended to be sexy or humorous.
18:25All we know is that it's weird.
18:26And not in a good way.
18:28How does it feel?
18:30Um...
18:32Weird.
18:34But good.
18:36Number 3.
18:37The Playroom, Fifty Shades of Grey.
18:39It's just beyond this door.
18:42What is?
18:43My playroom.
18:44As Anna grows closer to Christian, he decides to show her his playroom.
18:48Which she assumes is where Mr. Grey keeps his Xbox.
18:52Like your Xbox and stuff?
18:53Ha ha.
18:54Actually, this red room is where Christian stocks up on BDSM equipment.
18:59Christian tries to explain what a dominant is, getting a surprisingly understated response out of Anna.
19:04What does that mean?
19:06It means I want you to willingly surrender yourself to me.
19:10Why would I do that?
19:11The playroom is visually interesting, and we can't help but get a bit intrigued at the thought of all the
19:16escapades bound to take place there.
19:19Unfortunately, this scene turns out to be a tease, as the playroom ultimately sees very little action, and whatever action
19:25it does see comes off as restrained.
19:27What would I get out of this?
19:32Me.
19:33Number two.
19:34The Contract.
19:35Fifty Shades of Grey.
19:37I've done this before.
19:41Business meetings, I mean.
19:42Before Fifty Shades of Grey even hit theaters, it was being hyped as the wildest erotic drama in decades.
19:49And what did we get when it finally came out?
19:51A lot of conversations about contracts.
19:53Page three, section 1520.
19:57The submissive shall submit to any sexual activity demanded by the dominant and shall do so without hesitation or argument.
20:05Much of the runtime is dedicated to Christian trying to convince Anna to sign a document that'll make her his
20:11submissive.
20:12This subplot reaches the pinnacle of boring when Anna and Christian have a business meeting to read through the contract.
20:17We're not sure what's more absurd, that Anna can't figure out what some of these terms mean, or that Christian
20:24has so much free time on his hands.
20:26Seriously, the guy's a billionaire and we barely see him do any work.
20:29My staff know only what I choose to tell them.
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20:48Number 1. The Ending, Fifty Shades Freed
20:51Are you crying? Come here.
20:54Fifty Shades Freed has one of the most forced happy endings of modern cinema.
20:59Although Jack kicks Anna in the stomach, her unborn baby is completely unharmed.
21:05If you think that's ludicrous, get a load of this.
21:08Just like that, Christian decides that he's ready to be a family man.
21:11This is a guy who described himself as a sadist and abandoned his wife after learning she was pregnant.
21:16We'll just figure it out.
21:20I'm not ready to figure it out.
21:22But hey, that doesn't mean he can't turn over a new leaf on the spot, right?
21:26The final moments find the couple frolicking with their young son without a care in the world.
21:31Yeah, because that's clearly what the series was working towards.
21:34Yeesh.
21:42Which of these scenes made you cringe the most?
21:45Let us know in the comments.
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