Secretary
– A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, gets a job as a secretary to a demanding la..
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.
11 Oct 2002
English
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.
Steven Shainberg
Erin Cressida Wilson (screenplay), Mary Gaitskill (short story), Steven Shainberg (story adaptation), Erin Cressida Wilson (story adaptation)
James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies, Lesley Ann Warren
An emotionally fragile woman recently released from a mental hospital for self mutilation goes to school to gain secretarial skills to gain employment. She has an alcoholic father and a co-dependent mother who are clueless as to who she really is which a tormented soul who really wants to find something with which she can find success. She is a great secretary and finds a job with a unique, old fashioned, but off center in charge boss with a somewhat sadistic sexual proclivity. She grows and evolves and so does he.
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 15 wins & 25 nominations.
$3,806,471
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