My Week with Marilyn

2011 "She's worth all the trouble"
6.9| 1h39m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 23 November 2011 Released
Producted By: BBC Film
Country: United States of America
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Official Website: https://trademarkfilms.co.uk/my-week-with-marilyn
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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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Stometer Save your money for something good and enjoyable
Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good
Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
Eye_MD_B Fame (and wealth) is todays aphrodisiac; and for all of us who didn't make it, there still is the secret backup dream of being made special by a special person in being loved by them - and better even being asked to rescue them.All we need for this dream to happen is a superstar whose center is even weaker than ours, and the luck to be the right person at the right time in the right place, (regardless of any gender constellation).Whilst we do lie to us that we would "truly"would love and care for that troubled star whom the entire world (except us of course) does not see for "who they really are", what actually happens is a selfish game going on which most people aren't aware of, so the deal is: "You give me fame and/or wealth and/or beauty, and therefore I do care for you." It's prostitution in disguise, whether this happens with a star, a (financial) powerful person or a pretty one. So stars were in the same predicament of having slept their way up as us who leech around them.The consequences are devastating for anyone close to that game: Every one else will be stepped on and dumped, ones own dignity will be sacrificed by being used as a step-stone, and the star itself will not have their hole in their soul filled, so they will move on in an endless quest of finding more external sources of inspiration.The only protection and prevention for anyone involved is to work on ones own inner strength and poise in order to know our true identity - something which requires spiritual ground work such as meditation and/or contemplation.And this goes for any kind of relationship - with or without stars.
Wael Katkhuda Without any question (My Week With Marilyn) was one of the best films of 2011 and it shows up by bringing two Oscar nominations: - Best Actress In A Leading Role ( Michelle Williams) And Best Actor In A Supporting Role (Kenneth Branagh)If anyone looked Carefully at any films that were made before about (Marilyn Monroe) you will notice immediately that it were a bout here whole life (from her birth to death), and because there were a lot of events in Marilyn's life (even though she only lived for 36 years) you can not just put them all in 2 hours and show it to the audience, and that's for me one of the reasons of the success of this film which is focusing only one one event which is: (Shooting The Prince and the Showgirl). Another reason that made this film wonderful is the brilliant acting skills of Michelle Williams she really make you believe that you are watching the real Marilyn. The first time i saw the trailer i screamed when i saw her portraying Miss. Monroe, but shortly after i watched the film i was astonished by her performance, her emotions, her voice tone where all exactly the same as Marilyn even though she didn't look like her in some scenes but with her performance she made you believe that you are back on 50s in the same room with Marilyn Monroe. As for the rest of the cast they were all good at their job, but i was upset that Eddie Redmayne didn't got any nomination for his role even he was the soul of the whole film!As usual there are a mistakes in this film:The wig that Michelle Williams wore while portraying Elsie , Marilyn in real life didn't wear a wig for the most of the film she as the matter of fact changed the color of her hair (only on the bed scene she wore a hair-extension ) -The pregnancy and miscarriage scene. (I've watched a lot of videos about MM and read too many books and none of them mention that she was pregnant while shooting this film!.-Marilyn was taller that Vivien Leigh but in this film it was the opposite.-Laurence Olivier was thinner than Kenneth Branagh.Final Word:Whether you were a Marilyn Monroe fan or not, i highly recommend this film for you because you really will like everything in it including MM, and will made you knowing her much more better than beforeFinal Rate 8 out of 10
Tom Hunt The story of Marylin Monroe was a big one to live up to, and I just don't feel that this film really matched it.I think the biggest issue for me was the actress. Obviously, it is nigh on impossible to find a person to be exactly like another, but this lady was just so empty I didn't feel anything about Marilyn through her, only through the story and others actors. Perhaps that was the idea, it being Colin's view of her but, still. Bla. The other actors were wonderful though, and made it enjoyable enough to watch, especially with the Eddie eye-candy. All in all I don't think I would recommend it or watch it again sadly.
nzpedals They look so real, but so what? Nobody born after about 1955 would know anything about Marilyn Monroe, and few would care.In this film she is portrayed as petulant, gullible, erratic, unfaithful, and only sometimes, as a brilliant actress, which is how she might wish to be remembered.The story of how Colin Clark met Monroe might be of interest to him, but few others? Eddie Redmayne does the part well, and so does Michelle Williams. Other great, but brief, performances come from Julia Ormond as Vivien Leigh and Lucy is Emma Watson, who clearly has a great future in the industry.But I very much doubt if there will ever be a film called "My Week with Emma Watson"!