My Week With Marilyn

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  • Opened November 23, 2011 
  • 1 hr 41 min
  • R | Language

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 16+. More on child suitability

  • In 1956 England, Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne) lands a job as a production assistant on the set of "The Prince and the Showgirl," starring Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams). Marilyn is also honeymooning with her new husband, playwright Arthur Miller, but the combined pressure of work and the demands of the Hollywood hangers-on is driving her to exhaustion. When Miller departs for Paris, Colin seizes the opportunity, to give Marilyn respite during a week in the idyllic British countryside. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh, Dougray Scott, Julia Ormond
  • Director: Simon Curtis
  • Genres: Drama

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Oscar, thy name is Michelle Williams

by PECurls

What a great job Michelle Williams does portraying Marilyn in this flick! I can't think of another actress this year who is more deserving of the golden statuette. As a matter of fact, this movie is...

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Very good movie

by STEVOCOL100

The movie has a very classical setting... Reminded me a little of the settig for the Great Gatsby movie... The story is very well written and the actors are excellent! I thought I was actually seeing...

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As good as it gets

by Douglaughs

An great story turned into an extremely well-made movie. The characters were perfect, although Brannaugh (or was it Olivier) did chew the scenery here and there. It is hard to see how this film...

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San Francisco Chronicle
| Mick LaSalle

Michelle Williams doesn't just survive. Called upon to glow, she glows. Her performance doesn't solve all the riddles of that personality; none could, and it's for the best that Williams doesn't try. Read full review

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New York Daily News
| Joe Neumaier

When Marilyn Monroe appears, things stop. She is, as portrayed by Michelle Williams, a strange and beautiful alien: Unpredictable, odd, magnetic. Read full review

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Rolling Stone
| Peter Travers

The luminous Michelle Williams goes bone-deep here. Monroe's beauty was one of a kind. No one, not even Williams, can act it. What Williams does, with fierce artistry and feeling, is illuminate Monroe's insights and insecurities about herself at the height of her fame. Read full review

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USA Today
| Claudia Puig

Disappearing into the role of the troubled actress, Williams' portrayal captures the star's breathy voice and distinctive mannerisms, while delving a few notches deeper. Read full review

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Eddie Redmayne as Colin Clark, Dougray Scott as Arthur Miller and Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe in "My Week With Marilyn."