Probably one of Marilyn's first big films that made people go wild about her, this thriller sees her as a slightly unhinged babysitter who agrees to look after a little girls for some friends of her cousin in the hotel where he works. Slowly we start to see that she is much more than just a little unhinged with a strange past and a completely bizarre delusion of her current situation, and this all comes to blows when she invites a handsome man from across the road (he can see her through the window) in for a drink.
The man, just recently split from his girlfriend, revels in the idea of this beautiful, mysterious woman offering him company and so he accepts.
I can't actually tell whether Monroe is superb in this or very bad as she does a lot of wide eyed glances and completely overreactes to everything he says in an almost drugged up way. But maybe that's good, maybe we are seeing her proper talent peeking through for the first time, showing that she is more than just a beautiful but dumb woman. It's been one I have wanted to see for a while, so had high expectations, and yes they may not be fully justified, but it was still enjoyable, and I love Marilyn to bits, so want to praise her acting when I can.
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