Storyline is weak: young man gets to know and fall in love Marilyn Monroe, but the "real" one, who's insecure and on drugs. All of that is told in a fast, efficient but superficial way, using as a backdrop the movie she did with Olivier – based on a real story, then. The movie unfortunately isn't well conceived, and not at all well directed; it is really hard to relate to any of the characters. Although it has OK to good photography and all tech aspects are well resolved, the story is heavily edited, and do not enhance the idea of a fragile person and the aura of endearment and sexiness that Monroe projected. Acting follows choosing to be very unremarkable except for Judy Dench, who really has star quality; Williams never achieves any iconic or charismatic quality (except on final credits), and doesn't understand her character at all: her Marilyn is at best dumb, and at worst childish. Overall, she lacks life force. Not worth seeing, not even on TV on a Sunday rainy afternoon.
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