marcia hardewig

This is singularly the most drawn out, boring and depressed depiction of Marilyn Monroe’s’ life I have ever viewed. It shows Marilyn as a shallow, empty headed bimbo instead of a thinking human being. It becomes a bit fictional where it refers to a relationship between her, Edward G Robinson Jr Charlie Chaplin Jr. This was purely a rumor. The movie than further denigrates Marilyn in a scene with JFK. Quite disgusting and unnecessary. It fails to deliver any joy Marilyn Monroe may have found in her life, but continues to batter her memory. I found the movie very misogynistic in its approach to her life.

While I thought the performances were wonderful and the depiction of 1920’s Ireland were beautiful, the film itself was extremely boring. The whole premise was idiotic and ill conceived. One of those films that you wait to see if it will improve, well, it didn’t.