My Week with Marilyn
Crit
Thoroughly unconvinced. Michelle Williams could make me believe her as Catherine the Great, Jesus Christ, or Moby Dick, but I never for a second believed her as Marilyn; it seemed an example of a great actor assaying the impossible--valiantly, perhaps as well as anyone could, but all in vain. At that she came much closer to the mark than Branagh's laughable Larry.The best moments in the film come from actors playing people about whom I have no preconceived indelible image--Dame Judi as Dame Sybil (Thorndike), Zoë Wanamaker as Paula Strasberg, and about 2 minutes of Derek Jacobi as the protagonist's uncle, a librarian . . . at Windsor Castle. But the two legends seemed to be playacting at being legendary.
Trailers
- One for the Money--Another cute-chick-with-a-gun flick; where does empowerment cross over into exploitation?
- Wanderlust--Career intervention way past due for Jennifer Aniston, no?
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