I knew this was meant to be divisive but I didn't expect to dislike it this much.
Technically it is mostly well crafted (except for the very questionable editing). The acting is good - Ana de Armas is great, in fact -, but this script is terrible. I mean, I can understand what the director tried to achieve with this. I get the goals - he wanted to show all the tragedies in her life and how that culminated in the way she was and she ended her life. But it is so focused on the same single note over and over again that it is tedious and, to be honest, gives you very few reasons to keep watching. We already knew this wouldn't be a happy portrayal of Marilyn, but lacks any kind of balance to be a good work. I have no doubts that this was a big part of who she was, but she was much more than that and this film refuses to acknowledge that even with almost 3 hours of runtime.
Stupidly long for what it tries to say - that is clear with 15 minutes -, tiring and never an engaging piece. One of those films that I am 100% sure I will never revisit it.
PS: That blowjob scene is...uncomfortable, but, above all, pathetic. And, yes, distasteful and exploitative are adjectives we can use to qualify a big part of this film.
Technically it is mostly well crafted (except for the very questionable editing). The acting is good - Ana de Armas is great, in fact -, but this script is terrible. I mean, I can understand what the director tried to achieve with this. I get the goals - he wanted to show all the tragedies in her life and how that culminated in the way she was and she ended her life. But it is so focused on the same single note over and over again that it is tedious and, to be honest, gives you very few reasons to keep watching. We already knew this wouldn't be a happy portrayal of Marilyn, but lacks any kind of balance to be a good work. I have no doubts that this was a big part of who she was, but she was much more than that and this film refuses to acknowledge that even with almost 3 hours of runtime.
Stupidly long for what it tries to say - that is clear with 15 minutes -, tiring and never an engaging piece. One of those films that I am 100% sure I will never revisit it.
PS: That blowjob scene is...uncomfortable, but, above all, pathetic. And, yes, distasteful and exploitative are adjectives we can use to qualify a big part of this film.