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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My Week with Marilyn
Michelle Williams (in a Golden Globe winning performance) is Marilyn Monroe in this drama based on the memoirs of Colin Clark and his alleged affair with the film icon. Also stars Kenneth Branagh, Emma Watson and Judi Dench.
In England to film The Prince and the Showgirl (1956) with Sir Laurence Olivier (Branagh), the time away from Hollywood also doubles as Monroe’s honeymoon with her new husband, playwright great Arthur Miller (Dougray Scott). Working on the movie is Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne), a lowly 23-year-old assistant to whom Monroe takes a shine.
Based on Clark’s two books (a set of diaries and a memoir) written many years later, My Week with Marilyn focuses on an idyllic week when Clark showed Monroe – desperate to get away from the pressures of stardom – the pleasures of the English countryside.
Winner of Best Actress (Williams), Golden Globes 2012.
2011Rating: M, for some language99 minsUK
DramaTrue Story & Biography
My Week with Marilyn / Reviews
USA Today
More an awestruck reverie than a revelatory biopic, it's worth seeing for Williams' bravura performance.
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A treat for film buffs that’s sure to be a heavy-hitter this awards season, Marilyn could end up earning its subject the Oscar she never won during her too-short life.
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Roger Ebert
What matters is the performance by Michelle Williams. She evokes so many Marilyns, public and private, real and make-believe.We didn't know Monroe, but we believe she must have been something like this.
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Hollywood Reporter
Williams gets us on intimate terms with one of Hollywood's most enduring and tragic icons.
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Empire Magazine
A sweet, slight affair, more pretty pageant than pithy biographical drama.
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