Secretary features a young woman who cuts herself (Maggie Gyllenhaal) and a lawyer who considers bondage gear proper office attire (James Spader), and yet the movie isn’t about self-mutilation or dominant-submissive relationships. Instead, what begins as something kinky, even silly, transforms into an unabashed – if politically incorrect – romance. And why not – who says every movie couple has to look like Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks?
