My Week with Marilyn

My Week with Marilyn (2011)

  • 83% of critics liked it
    (156 reviews)

  • 73% of users liked it
    (27,891 ratings)

In the early summer of 1956, 23 year-old Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne), just down from Oxford and determined to make his way in the film business, worked as a lowly assistant on the set of 'The Prince and the Showgirl'. The film that famously united Sir Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) and Marilyn… More

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R, 1 hr. 39 min.
Directed By
Simon Curtis
Written By
Adrian Hodges, Colin Clark
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Nov 23, 2011 Limited
On DVD
Mar 13, 2012
The Weinstein Company

Critic Reviews

  • Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

    That's all familiar lore but, to his credit, director Simon Curtis lays out these separate ambitions and conflicting tensions with breezy dispatch in the early frames.

  • Joe Baltake, Passionate Moviegoer

    'My Week with Marilyn': Minor film with major marketing campaign

  • Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

    A dubious idea done in by Adrian Hodges's shallow script and Simon Curtis's clumsy direction.

  • Peter Howell, Toronto Star

    Curtis occasionally takes his characters out of Pinewood, but they're never really set free, either in physical or emotional terms.

  • Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

    Michelle Williams plays Monroe, and she's a wonder.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Chris W


    This is based on the true story of Colin Clark, an ambitious 23 year-old trying to make it big in the film industry in 1956 who happens to land a job as an assistant on the set of "The Prince and the Showgirl"- a film starring and directed by Laurence Olivier and featuring… More

  • Manu G


    Colin Clark, an employee of Sir Laurence Olivier's, documents the tense interaction between Olivier and Marilyn Monroe during production of The Prince and the Showgirl. Great Film! The movie is similar in tone to "The King's Speech," and was helped by a beautiful… More

  • KJ P


    "My Week With Marilyn" celebrates the story of how Marilyn Monroe became a huge movie star, from the low point of being hated by everyone on set, to overcoming her fears and gaining the appearance of best actress of her time, this film shows how beautiful film truly is.… More

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    Cast: Michelle Williams, Eddie Redmayne, Kenneth Branagh, Dominic Cooper, Julia Ormond, Emma Watson, Judi Dench, Zoë Wanamaker, Toby Jones, Derek Jacobi, Dougray Scott Director: Simon Curtis Summary: While filming a movie in England, Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe slips away with a… More

  • Anthony L


    I thoroughly enjoyed My Week with Marilyn. The ensemble cast is fantastic with Branagh and Dench as great supporting actors but Michelle Williams stealing the show as Marilyn Monroe. She is brilliant in the role, so much so that I kept having to remind myself that she wasn't the… More

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