9/10
Michelle Williams shines as Ms. Monroe in My Week with Marilyn
24 May 2012
Just watched this movie-an account by Colin Clark about his experiences with Marilyn Monroe while she was making The Prince and the Showgirl in England with director and co-star Sir Laurence Olivier-on Netflix disc with my mom. Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne) tells about his initial film experience as 3rd assistant director working for Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) and seeing to it that Ms. Monroe (Michelle Williams) gets comfortable in her new surroundings. There's plenty of friction between Olivier and Ms. Monroe concerning the latter's tardiness and her taking her acting teacher Paula Strasberg (Zoe Wanamaker) more seriously than him. So when she takes a shine to Clark, he makes sure she gets whatever pleasure she can out of the experience which contributes to his pleasure as well. I found the whole thing quite wonderful in period detail and in trying to get into the skin of these legendary stars and the people that surrounded them. I think Ms. Williams deserved her Oscar nomination she got for this role. Same for Branagh. In summary, My Week with Marilyn is a film buff's treat.
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