........at my dear wife's behest and we both enjoyed it very much.
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Spoilers ahead!!!!!
Michelle Williams portrays Marilyn Monroe, Kenneth Branaugh plays Sir Laurence Olivier and Eddie Redmayne, from the fairly recent TV miniseries "The Pillars of the Earth," is Colin Clark, the 23 year old British film student and novice movie production company underling, who becomes Marilyn's confidant and perhaps more.
His diary is the source of this screenplay.
The movie is well-cast and Michelle Williams is Oscar-nominated in her leading role.
She certainly deserves her nomination for a multi-layered and nicely nuanced cinematic performance with only Michelle's own admittedly lovely face and nice figure falling noticeably short, IMHO, of actually capturing the real and complex Marilyn Monroe.
I don't know who could've done it better.
And Michelle's excellent thespian effort did raise the often posed and still-remaining question: was Marilyn ever in charge of her own persona or was she always controlled by those around her?
The movie that's being made within this movie is 1957's "The Prince and the Showgirl."
Sir Laurence, a classically trained, experienced, stage actor is both co-starring and directing, while Miss Monroe, an already famous sex symbol who's now using Lee Strasberg's method approach to acting, is temperamental, insecure and nervous in her role.
The ensuing on set conflict between them, as the film's dialog states, was that he's an accomplished actor who now wants to become a movie star and she's a well-known movie star desperately desiring acceptance as an actress.
They're like cats and dogs.
Young Colin becomes Marilyn's loyal, enraptured, chum and is invited into her intimate presence, whenever she's depressed, lonely or nervous, and he bolsters her personal self-esteem and encourages her acting confidence enough for her to successfully complete this motion picture project.
In return, after toying with his feelings and emotions, Marilyn softly breaks his heart when she leaves.
Emma Watson, Hermione from the "Harry Potter....." series, has a nice outing here as a young adult and Dame Judi Dench is good also.
This flick made me think of "The King's Speech" and not just because of all the British accents.
They're each about overcoming a debilitating weakness with supportive help.
And both films tell fairly small, almost footnote sized, but interesting stories from history about rising to the occasion when required: in one instance the filming of a somewhat minor movie and, in the other, a king symbolically leading his country by making a radio speech.
If you've actually bothered to read to the end of these my reviewing thoughts, I think there's a chance you'd enjoy "My Week With Marilyn."
Let me know!
The Link
Spoilers ahead!!!!!
Michelle Williams portrays Marilyn Monroe, Kenneth Branaugh plays Sir Laurence Olivier and Eddie Redmayne, from the fairly recent TV miniseries "The Pillars of the Earth," is Colin Clark, the 23 year old British film student and novice movie production company underling, who becomes Marilyn's confidant and perhaps more.
His diary is the source of this screenplay.
The movie is well-cast and Michelle Williams is Oscar-nominated in her leading role.
She certainly deserves her nomination for a multi-layered and nicely nuanced cinematic performance with only Michelle's own admittedly lovely face and nice figure falling noticeably short, IMHO, of actually capturing the real and complex Marilyn Monroe.
I don't know who could've done it better.
And Michelle's excellent thespian effort did raise the often posed and still-remaining question: was Marilyn ever in charge of her own persona or was she always controlled by those around her?
The movie that's being made within this movie is 1957's "The Prince and the Showgirl."
Sir Laurence, a classically trained, experienced, stage actor is both co-starring and directing, while Miss Monroe, an already famous sex symbol who's now using Lee Strasberg's method approach to acting, is temperamental, insecure and nervous in her role.
The ensuing on set conflict between them, as the film's dialog states, was that he's an accomplished actor who now wants to become a movie star and she's a well-known movie star desperately desiring acceptance as an actress.
They're like cats and dogs.
Young Colin becomes Marilyn's loyal, enraptured, chum and is invited into her intimate presence, whenever she's depressed, lonely or nervous, and he bolsters her personal self-esteem and encourages her acting confidence enough for her to successfully complete this motion picture project.
In return, after toying with his feelings and emotions, Marilyn softly breaks his heart when she leaves.
Emma Watson, Hermione from the "Harry Potter....." series, has a nice outing here as a young adult and Dame Judi Dench is good also.
This flick made me think of "The King's Speech" and not just because of all the British accents.
They're each about overcoming a debilitating weakness with supportive help.
And both films tell fairly small, almost footnote sized, but interesting stories from history about rising to the occasion when required: in one instance the filming of a somewhat minor movie and, in the other, a king symbolically leading his country by making a radio speech.
If you've actually bothered to read to the end of these my reviewing thoughts, I think there's a chance you'd enjoy "My Week With Marilyn."
Let me know!
