My Week with Marilyn

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    My Week with Marilyn
    2011

    Synopsis

    London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe. Young Colin Clark, who dreams on having a career in movie business, manages to get a job on the set as third assistant director.

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    Cast

    • Michelle WilliamsMarilyn Monroe
    • Kenneth BranaghSir Laurence Olivier
    • Eddie RedmayneColin Clark
    • Dominic CooperMilton Greene
    • Philip JacksonRoger Smith
    • Derek JacobiSir Owen Morshead
    • Toby JonesArthur Jacobs
    • Michael KitchenHugh Perceval
    • Julia OrmondVivien Leigh
    • Simon Russell BealeCotes-Preedy

    Recommendations

    • 80

      The New Yorker

      It's an expertly made, intentionally minor movie, though when Monroe, doping herself with everything available, lies in bed, confused and hapless, there are depressing intimations of the end to come.
    • 80

      Arizona Republic

      Her (Williams) performance is so engaging and complete, it's worth all the other shortcomings.
    • 75

      Miami Herald

      One of the chief pleasures of My Week with Marilyn - which should not be approached as anything other than fluffy entertainment - is watching Williams bring to life Monroe's inner demons and her movie-star allure with equal aplomb. By the time the film's book-ending closing musical number comes around (That Old Black Magic), the illusion is astounding and complete.
    • 75

      Rolling Stone

      The luminous Michelle Williams goes bone-deep here. Monroe's beauty was one of a kind. No one, not even Williams, can act it. What Williams does, with fierce artistry and feeling, is illuminate Monroe's insights and insecurities about herself at the height of her fame.
    • 75

      ReelViews

      The unpretentious, easy-to-digest style and short running length (a shade over 90 minutes), when coupled with strong acting (especially on Williams' part), make My Week with Marilyn a pleasant end-of-the-year diversion.
    • 75

      Orlando Sentinel

      Branagh and Williams are worth the price of admission, the former "wunderkind" of British stage and screen having a go at the pretentious, plummy Olivier.
    • 70

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Williams gets us on intimate terms with one of Hollywood's most enduring and tragic icons. If much of what surrounds her in Simon Curtis' biographical drama is less nuanced, her work alone keeps the movie entertaining.
    • 70

      Variety

      To the extent that Michelle Williams' multilayered interpretation of Marilyn Monroe serves as its raison d'etre, My Week With Marilyn succeeds stunningly.

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