Norma Jean & Marilyn (TV) | | Cast : | Ashley Judd, Mira Sorvino | | Director : | Tim Fywell | | Studio : | Warner Home Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned | | Released Date : | May 18, 1996 | | DVD Released Date : | September 14, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 04, 2005 | | Summary | Awsome!!! | Content
 | I love Marilyn, obbsessed if you will. I just watched this movie the other day and was mezmorized. Although there where some mistakes in the movie (ex. the plastic surgery before metting Hyde, her death, and the molestation as a child) it was awsome. The ladies did a wonderful job protraying their parts. Judd was exceptional as Norma Jean. It was just great and I agree, a must for every Monroe collection! |
| Rating | | | Date | June 20, 2005 | | Summary | Not Accurate! | Content
| If you know anything about Marilyn, you will be annoyed by this movie. Many of the details are incorrect including costumes and Marilyn's appearance in earlier films. They had Marilyn as a platinum blonde in "Don't Bother to Knock" and "Asphalt Jungle." Wrong-she was blonde, but not platinum just yet! It is unfortunate that this movie will be a first look at Marilyn for some people. She is misrepresented as a person with multiple personalities and as an IV drug user. The one star is for Ashley Judd, Mira Sorvino however, doesn't look or sound anything like Marilyn. |
| Rating | | | Date | October 08, 2004 | | Summary | GREAT ACTING, TRAGIC STORY - most people just don't GET IT!! | Content
| Why are people so harsh a Mira Sorvino's performance? It's called "ACTING"! Everyone complains about Mira's ditzy accent, but she clearly makes that choice as a kind of armor shielding her from outside forces, creating a new "persona" to protect herself, shield her from all the pain she experienced before as Norma Jean - it's clear that Norma/Marilyn was smart in real life, but was smart enough to "act dumb" - get it?! Although I love Ashley Judd and think she does a terrific job conveying Norma Jean's hunger and drive to make herself a star, Mira actually has the harder role, trying to make the cliche we all know as "Marilyn" into a flesh in blood person - watch the way she takes drugs and then "turns on" the Marilyn charm - and how about the bitter/funny monologue in the mirror where she calls her pills her "best friends" that sometimes scream "Get out of bed, b*tch!" Great stuff. I like how the film re-created moments in Marilyn's career (calendar nude shoot, white-dress blowning over grate) - like many stars (Madonna, Michael Jackson), you get the idea Marilyn doesn't really "live" unless she's on camera or in front of the paparrazzi - This movie always plays late at night on HBO and every time it comes on, I am compelled to drop everything and watch it again! It's THAT GOOD! Give both Ashley and Mira a chance, this should have won some Emmys! |
| Rating | | | Date | October 01, 2004 | | Summary | Eh. | Content
| It wasn't a great film, but it wasn't horrible either. If you're a Monroe fan, it's something you want in your collection - Marilyn as a person who has multiple personality disorder explains a heck of a lot. |
| Rating | | | Date | September 20, 2004 | | Summary | Terrible! | Content
| This movie was aweful. They made Marilyn seemed like a whore who would do anythig to get infront of a camra. If you even remotely like Marilyn Monroe you shouldn't watch this stupid movie. It was so unacurate you wonder if these people even researched her at all. My one star goes to ashley since i couldn't give it anything lower. She's a great actress she just had a stupid part. |
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