Sunday, March 17, 2013

My Week With Marilyn - 2011 ***


Not a bad film. Michelle Williams was nowhere near as good playing Marilyn as I had hoped though. I think the fact of the matter is that no one can replicate Monroe, however hard they try. If they could she wouldn't be the most iconic star in the whole world. And I think that's nice. Eddie Redmayne plays a young stage hand named Colin who is lucky enough to get to work with Marilyn for a week when she is shooting her new film 'The Prince and The Showgirl.' He witnesses her highs and lows, her amazing screen presence and her bewildering insecurity. It's a nice film in itself, but I don't think Williams and Redmayne were well cast, although Kenneth Branagh is well placed as Laurence Olivier.

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