My Week with Marilyn
2011 Directed by Simon Curtis
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Sir Laurence Olivier is making a movie in London. Young Colin Clark, an eager film student, wants to be involved and he navigates himself a job on the set. When film star Marilyn Monroe arrives for the start of shooting, all of London is excited to see the blonde bombshell, while Olivier is struggling to meet her many demands and acting ineptness, and Colin is intrigued by her. Colin's intrigue is met when Marilyn invites him into her inner world where she struggles with her fame, her beauty and her desire to be a great actress.
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Friendly reminder: Michelle Williams is the best American actress working today. Nobody comes close; she is a fucking godsend to contemporary cinema and we are very lucky to have her with us, gracing the silver screen on a timely basis. With that said, I turn my thoughts to My Week with Marilyn, Simon Curtis’ prosaic yet sprightly biopic of legendary Hollywood movie star Marilyn Monroe focusing on her 1957 collaboration with Shakespearean thespian-cum-filmmaker Laurence Olivier in The Prince and the Showgirl. It’s based on the memoirs of Colin Clark, Olivier’s third assistant director (a.k.a. gofer) at the time who had a fleeting, wistful fling with the screen goddess during her stay in Britain. I often found myself questioning the veracity…
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This is a film that seems entirely created for an American audience who like to see us Brits being oh so eccentrically British. It has that nauseating warm glow of a TV period drama and lays on the quaint charms of Britain with a trowel making it a syrupy and rather irritating experience. It may have an impressive cast of big name actors but they can’t save a film that is this frothy and bland. The real travesty about My Week with Marilyn though is that Michelle William’s brilliant performance is in this film and not in something more worthy of her talents. There have been many screen interpretations of Marilyn Monroe over the years and most are so wrapped…
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I'm sorry Mr. Brannagh, I'm sure your performance was stunning, but I sort of missed it.
Mrs Williams was far too busy channelling Marilyn.
Which made me feel really funny inside.
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Michelle Williams, you are my new movie princess.
I saw this one some months back in the theater, and I loved it. It takes but a few minutes to get into Williams as Marilyn. The director wisely gives us a musical number for the first part of the film, to introduce us to the character. But the time Marilyn's done singing, we have forgotten Michelle. There is only Marilyn.
She's sexy, funny, confused, crazy, manipulative, childlike, jaded, and very very sad. Williams makes us believe all of it. I know she gets a lot flack for taking on such an iconic character -- and it was a daring choice for her. But there's no question in my mind that she…
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Kenneth Branagh is the most enjoyable thing about this film with his pompous obnoxiousness, irritability, eye brow dye and lipstick.
I found it illuminating. I didn't know much about nor do I have much interest in Marilyn Munroe but I was surprised to discover she was a talentless pill-popping nutbag. This was quite interesting and it reminded me of Elvis' stupid death which I found a bit disturbing. I don't get what the boner was over though, I didn't think she was so hot. Maybe it's because she flashed her gusset over an air vent the old school bachelors where like "Ahhh hells yeah! I'm a get me some Marilyn!"
The other surprise for me was the messages on human…
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Unless you live under a rock you've already heard that Michelle Williams is amazing in this as Marilyn Monroe.
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Michelle Williams, as always, is great. Not much else to it. Paint by numbers biopic.
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Michelle Williams gives an astounding and Oscar worthy performance. Otherwise, there's not much else there.
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she was a normal goddess. LOVE.
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The whole film pretty much rests on Michelle Williams' incredible performance as Monroe. She really has her essence without resorting to imitation. You never doubt it's her. The plot is of a lot less interest. It's a story that deals with aspects of Monroe we're all pretty familiar with and the making of a really minor film. It's cheeky casting Kenneth Branagh as Olivier, and he does a fine job. The less said about the casting of Dougray Scott as Arthur Miller the better.
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Run of the mill biographical drama. Loved the relationship between Marilyn Monroe and Lawrence Olivier. Michelle Williams triumphs.
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Michelle Williams's performance as Marilyn is the best thing of the film, but the rest of the film feels like an O.K TV movie. Very safe filmmaking.
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¨It's agony because he's a great actor who wants to be a film star, and you're a film star who wants to be a great actress. This film won't help either of you.¨
My Week with Marilyn is a biographical drama about Monroe`s trip to England to star in The Prince and the Showgirl, a film directed by Sir Laurence Olivier. The story is told through Colin Clark`s eyes, the young man who got his first job as the third assistant director of the film. He tells the story of his relationship with Marilyn during that week of production and how that moment changed his life. The film is actually based on his autobiographical book, and the screenplay was adapted…
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I don't know if Marilyn Monroe was this infuriating in real life but if she was, she must have been a real bitch to be around. I found it very difficult to watch because i wanted to punch Michelle Williams repeatedly in the face. Now, granted, i dont know a lot about Monroe but i know what she looks looked like and unfortunately Williams didnt fit the role for me. Everyone was supposed to be in awe of her presence on camera but it was completely bland. They were swooning over her all through the film but she lacked any kind of traction with the audience. And when it comes down to it, nothing really happens in this film. She visits England, has a bit of a breakdown and a fling and then goes home. Boooooooooooooring.
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@Camdun_Roar: I ever tell you about the time that I worked on Titanic and Kate and I ran away together? Williams is sublime 6.5/10