My Week With Marilyn Movie

Posted by Eddie Woods on Nov 15th, 2011 in Drama | 0 comments

My Week With Marilyn

My Week With Marilyn is a new movie hitting theaters on the 23rd of November and it is a movie about the relationship between Marilyn Monroe and Sir Laurence Olivier during the filming of their movie The Prince and the Showgirl, which came out in the year 1957. Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier, documents the tense interaction between the two stars. Also, shown is the relationship between Marilyn Monroe and Colin Clark during the filming of the movie and documents a period of one week that Marilyn Monroe spent with Colin Clark while her husband Arthur Miller was away. The plot showcases Marilyn Monroe the actress and star trying to get away from her usual Hollywood routine and also the immense pressure of being the superstar she was. It deals with the old world British charm of Colin Clark coming into contact with the brash new Hollywood that was Marilyn Monroe.

The movie stars Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe, Eddie Redmayne as Colin Clark, Julia Ormond as Vivien Leigh, Kenneth Branagh as Sir Laurence Olivier as well as popular stars like Emma Watson and Dame Judi Dench. The movie is directed by Simon Curtis and is written by Adrian Hodges and Colin Clark (who wrote the book) and is produced by The Weinstein Company, BBC Films, Lipsync Productions, Trademark Films and the UK Film Council and the movie will hit the theaters all over on November 23, 2011.

As with anything to do with Marilyn Monroe there has been a tremendous buzz about the movie in the preceding weeks before its release with the movie and its stars grabbing the news headlines and radio airplay. One can also find numerous videos relating to the movie on popular video sites like YouTube and the official channel is also getting views in the 100,000s. As can be expected one will also find numerous interviews of the lead actors like Michelle Williams and Dame Judi Dench and a few are even calling My Week With Marilyn a contender for the Oscars.

While there are not many reviews for the movie itself as it has not hit the screens yet, one can still find a few reviews of the movie from review and preview screenings at popular movie review sites like Rotten Tomatoes, Variety, and Hollywood Reporter. The general consensus has been good so far with a few reviews like – “My Week With Marilyn succeeds stunningly” from Variety. Rotten Tomatos says, “Williams makes Monroe simultaneously seem larger than life and heartbreakingly human.” While the Hollywood Reporter states, “The luminous Michelle Williams gives a layered performance that goes beyond impersonation in My Week With Marilyn“.

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Eddie Woods is the Founder and Publisher of New Movie Launches and has always been a big movie lover. Eddie is an Internet & Mobile Marketing expert & entrepreneur, and a musician. His companies TrueNorth3 Internet Marketing Labs, & TrueNorth3 Mobile Social Local are based in New York and Connecticut, and deliver cutting edge online & mobile marketing services to businesses across the United States. Eddie is also a partner in TuneLabs Music Group which produces original music for Film, TV, Internet, Mobile & Radio.