My Week with Marilyn (2011)

This film is nothing special at all. Its very well cast, especially Williams, Dench and Brannagh as well as the great supporting cast. However, there is very little plot and the story is predictable in every way. Its just a very average and forgettable film.

My Week With MarilynThe chemistry among the characters; despite of stellar performance, comes off a bit shallow as the audience fails to connect with it. The adaptation by Adrian Hodges isn't smart; even though gripping and keeps the audience engaged with it, for the missing puzzle in here is the poetic tone or a definite point that it never even attempts to reach for. It is rich on costume, production and make-up design but is short on other technical departments like sound department and editing which could have been a lot better if supervised appropriately. Simon Curtis; the director, lacks better execution skills especially around the edges which is a bit chalky in here. The feature scores majestically on performance where each individual supporting cast (Eddie Redmayne and Kenneth Branagh) is helping the protagonist (Michelle Williams) to reach the shore safely. The script is the real culprit in here that doesn't breed either the sincerity or the crisp out of the characters or the bubble that they all reside in, wasting a mighty window which could have utilized easily (especially when it's right there). My Week With Marilyn is an easy mundane week which is forgettable as soon as you are off screen.

My Week with Marilyn is a great movie with a very well developed storyline and an outstanding cast. It's a very interesting film, as it takes us in to the life of Colin Clark, a man who served as a production assistant during the filming of the Prince and the Showgirl, it is an intriguing story that I had never heard of before, I have a huge interest in film making and getting to get to know what went on in the background of these films will always captivate me, especially if they're as complicated as this one was. I think this film certainly could have been longer, when I saw that it was over it left me wanting more, it's only about ninety minutes long, but a biography film like this could easily go past two hours, it could have shown a lot more of Marilyn Monroe and given us more detail on her past and personal life, I understand the film revolves around Clark, but she is obviously the reason people will watch this movie. Eddie Redmayne shines in the lead role, but the performances of Michelle Williams and Kenneth Branagh as they play Hollywood icons Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier are simply breathtaking, they lived and breath these characters, their mannerisms are very accurate and they're unrecognizeable, they deserve any award they received for this film. Stunning performances and an easy to follow, but very interesting story, I would recommend My Week with Marilyn to anyone looking for a good drama or biography film. A young film studio assistant has a brief relationship with Marilyn Monroe as she films the Prince and the Showgirl. Best Performance: Michelle Williams

Colin, the apparent chum and tranquilizing love-buddy of Marilyn, fell for what appeared, and still appears as a matter of fact, to be the Greek goddess. It might have been a week for him, and an infinite clocks of wounds, but for the viewers of "My Week with Marilyn" it's only a bloody nightmare. Before going further, let's keep it clear that I loved the movie, the presentation is appreciable, and Eddie Redmayne was superb with his innocent looks and freckles. Kenneth Branagh was good too, only that there was nothing remarkably extraordinary in his act. Michelle Williams, while did justice to the task-at-hand, failed miserably at the hands of structural-mediocrity. The following might be offensive, but I'm not judging by her looks, I'm only stating plain, and hardcore facts that make her inauspicious for the role.Marilyn Monroe has no look-alike, and although some of modern-day actresses might imitate her style effectively, they may never do it the way she did—innately charming, and unflinchingly pound-making, if that's a word. Michelle Williams, while being awesomely good at acting, looks like a whore (prostitute for mild-readers). She's awfully broad-faced for Marilyn, has vacuum-cleaner lips, and is not pretty at all. Again, I have no issues with her acting, I never have, but c'mon, have some respect for one of the brilliant, and surely the most beautiful actress Hollywood has ever had to see. If you wanted a bloody Oscar nomination, you could have gone with Emilia Clarke (perfectly beautiful, knows how to act, has the mildly-chubby look for Marilyn, and most of all—not a whore (again, prostitute for mild-readers); just had to get rid of her British accent). Or, you could have gone with Carey Mulligan, who again, is far better than "Mr. Williams". Or it could have been Margot Robbie, Kate Hudson or Crystal Reed. Or you should have made the goddamn movie a decade earlier and had Nicole Kidman or Naomi Watts do the role! Everything was possible. You see, when it's about Marilyn Monroe, it's not only about acting. You could bring a real brothel-worker to ditto her acts, but that's the whole point, you don't have to just copy-paste them down, you gotta have the proper "diva", or it will just like a cheap and perverted, and night-club thingy. Why did you spoil such a beautiful theme, and such a brilliant imagery? I hate you for that.I agree that Michelle probably is only actress with plausible similarity in countenance, like a quarter of one-percent, compared with my suggestions (quarter of a quarter of one-percent). But audience would have liked anyone with half the beauty as Marilyn on board. They know no one can have her looks. Everybody's always reasonable, except those jerks behind the stages.P.S I loved Michelle in other movies—Brokeback Mountain, Blue Valentine, and several others.