Fifty Shades of Grey was released 2011.
Fifty Shades of Grey . Universal Pictures and Focus Features produced a film adaptation , which was released on 13 February 2015 and also received generally unfavourable reviews . Fifty Shades of Grey (film) . The film is based on the eponymous 2011 novel by British author E. L. James and stars Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele , a college graduate who begins a sadomasochistic relationship with young business magnate Christian Grey , played by Jamie Dornan .