My Week With Marilyn (2011) - Movie

My Week With Marilyn (2011)
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...
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Release Date: November 23rd, 2011

DVD Release Date: March 13th, 2012

R |1 hr 41 min

Plot Summary

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.

Cast: Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh, Dominic Cooper, Julia Ormond, Emma Watson, Judi Dench, Zoë Wanamaker

Director: Simon Curtis

Genres: Drama

Production Co: BBC, Trademark Films

Distributors: Weinstein Co.

Keywords: 1950s, Emotional, Love, London, Husband, Transformation, Charming, School

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Ratings & Reviews

70
The Hollywood Reporter
Williams gets us on intimate terms with one of Hollywood's most enduring and tragic icons. If much of what surrounds her in Simon Curtis' biographical drama is less nuanced, her work alone keeps the movie entertaining. show more
70
Bob MondelloNPR
The film rests firmly on the shoulders of its central icon, and Williams, though she doesn't really resemble Monroe in either voice or visage, is pretty splendid at conjuring her. show more
75
Stephanie ZacharekMovieline
One thing My Week with Marilyn does get right is that women were as enchanted by her as the men were, if perhaps in a different way. show more

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