London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe. Young Colin Clark, who dreams on having a career in movie business, manages to get a job on the set as third assistant director.
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 59 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Williams is a more three-dimensional Monroe than the love goddess herself. The performance is both an eerie imitation and a touching revelation.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
25 Nov 2011
fresh:
[Williams] floats through the movie, perfectly capturing Monroe's way of rhythmically whispering through a song, looking softly frightened when uncertain, and not strolling so much as delicately oozing across the floor.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
25 Nov 2011
rotten:
A dubious idea done in by Adrian Hodges's shallow script and Simon Curtis's clumsy direction.
– Joe Morgenstern,
Wall Street Journal,
26 Nov 2011
fresh:
That's all familiar lore but, to his credit, director Simon Curtis lays out these separate ambitions and conflicting tensions with breezy dispatch in the early frames.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
2 Dec 2011
fresh:
I believe the heart of the film, and the cleverest stroke of all, is Eddie Redmayne as Colin Clark, someone few of us will have heard of.