Watch: 19-Minute Short Film 'In A Relationship' With 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' Star Dakota Johnson & Nicholas Braun

Dakota Johnson may not be a household name just yet, but folks salivating in anticipation over “Fifty Shades of Grey" which opens next month (just around the time of Valentine’s Day too, yuck), will surely get to know her all too well. Johnson’s put in her Hollywood dues for a few years now, popping up in films like “The Social Network” and “21 Jump Street,” and although she’s never been graced with a particularly memorable role, she’s an agreeable, natural presence in almost everything she’s in.

Johnson is in the new short film “In a Relationship,” in which she plays romantic paramour to a charming young suitor played by fellow Hollywood up-and-comer Nicholas Braun (“Red State,” “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”). Directed by Sam Boyd, the short looks into the lifespan of a hip, young, beautiful couple: with its measured, dry depictions of cuddle sessions, casual dinners and ballooning resentments, the film has an almost Linklater-esque languor, via a laid-back rhythm that...