SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

ShangLuda Admirable film.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

bbewnylorac The cast of this biopic really commit to this quite serious examination of what made Marilyn Monroe tick. The costumes and sets are impeccable, and understated. As Monroe, Kelli Garner is outstanding. She manages to maintain that strangely childlike voice and outward naivete, combined with a voluptuous, camp sexuality and curiously strong personality. The script portrays her as much more complex than her public image - as ambitious, and willing to stand up for herself in her career, and also in her love life. There's enormous sympathy for Marilyn's terrible childhood, with not much love or guidance. She did succeed as an actor for many years, and she did have some successful relationships. But she had that strong self destructive streak. Like Amy Winehouse, Marilyn didn't have quite enough strength to survive. This series is way too wordy - it's at times more like a play than a TV mini-series. It could have run for half the time it does. It's determined to depict every little detail of her life, and that gets tiring in the end.

Kirpianuscus its virtues - the good intentions to present a realistic portrait of her life. reminds of memorable scenes. the admirable work of Susan Sarandon. the atmosphere. Emma Watson. the desire of Kelli Garner to be Marlyn Monroe and the run to give the impression to be the perfect choice for act she ( voice, walk, physical appearance, gestures). its sins - the title who seems escaped from a scandal newspaper because the revelation are not news and it is bizarre to pretend present a complex biography in each of its details. the ambition to tell all in a mini series and the taste of improvised puzzle. the hard work of Kelli Garner to convince the public than she is the best Marlyn. the ambition is real admirable and the result far to be bad but , scene by scene, it becomes strange. a beautiful series. that is its basic good point. for remind. for rediscover. and for give new shadows to a myth.

edwagreen Kelli Garner does an admirable job in this biography of tragic screen legend Marilyn Monroe. Did anyone notice that early in the career of Monroe, Garner sounded just like Monroe did as Sugar in "Some Like it Hot?" Unfortunately, no mention was made of 'Hot' in the film as well as "Niagara," where Monroe did a solid dramatic role.The use of flashbacks is used nicely here as Monroe recounts her life story to a new therapist. We already see that Monroe had been around the block in therapy and knew a lot about Freudian psychology.Susan Sarandon stole the show as her schizophrenic mother, devoid at times of reality, but protective of her famous daughter.Jeffrey Dean Stanton shows us Joe DiMaggio in a different light-that of a wife beater and the Arthur Miller character is also abusive to the hilt.While the Kennedy issue is discussed, Marilyn's death is blamed on drug and alcohol mixture. Marilyn came across as delusional imitating her mother and grandmother every step of the way.

DreamyOneNumber1 I have to agree with the previous reviewer, jlthornb51. This production was shoddy and a great waste of my time. I kept hoping it would get better, but it seemed to get worse and worse. No offense to Kelli Garner, but much of the fault seems to lie with her "terrible imitation of MM's iconic voice" as jlthornb51 put it, along with her lack of acting skills. Any potential was ruined by the poor casting of Kelli Garner coupled with her much too superficial performance. Susan Sarandon's role seemed a little bit overplayed, but not terrible. Emily Watson gave a decent performance which had to be difficult to pull off, given all the other deficiencies she faced from the script to being forced to play against depthless performances of the other actors. Kudos to Emily Watson for pulling off a positive performance in the face of the otherwise boring overplayed production. Kelli Garner's superficial acting was almost like a caricature of MM, ruining the entire mini-series.