Niagara (1952)

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• Randy T

  
  Marilyn Monroe is the luscious femme fatale in this film noir travelogue shot on the US/Canadian border. Mother Nature provides the breathtaking backdrop for this dark honeymoon romp of deceit, deception and murder.

• Lewis C

  
  "Too bad. They can't play it for you now, Rose." Niagra failed to get me very interested from the very start, so you might as well know now that this won't be a very enthusiastic review. I sort of drifted through most of it, only paying attention enough to know… More
  "Too bad. They can't play it for you now, Rose." Niagra failed to get me very interested from the very start, so you might as well know now that this won't be a very enthusiastic review. I sort of drifted through most of it, only paying attention enough to know what was going on. It's not a bad film, but I doubt I'll see it again. It takes place near Niagara Falls, as Marilyn Monroe plays an unfaithful and treacherous wife who plans to have her husband killed. A visiting couple on their honeymoon gets unknowingly mixed up in the plot, and the plan falls apart in a way that ends up putting nearly everyone in danger. This was my first Monroe movie, and while she was certainly beautiful, I found my eyes drawn to her co-star Jean Peters much more often. She stole the movie, as far as I'm concerned. I'd say that discovering her made the movie worth my time, I'm certainly going to check out more of her work. Other than that, I found Niagara to be a pretty forgettable thriller set in a very beautiful place, and even the gorgeous surroundings aren't really taken advantage of on the screen. Some movies just don't catch a person's interest, for whatever reason, and Niagara is the most recent example of that, for me.

• Spencer S

  
  The seductive and transparent Marilyn Monroe stumbles upon a role with a long shelf life, as the manipulative and vain Mrs. Loomis. Her husband, crazed, or long been used by his formidable wife, is the perfect mesh of a grotesque shell of a man, and the sympathetic murderer. The… More
  The seductive and transparent Marilyn Monroe stumbles upon a role with a long shelf life, as the manipulative and vain Mrs. Loomis. Her husband, crazed, or long been used by his formidable wife, is the perfect mesh of a grotesque shell of a man, and the sympathetic murderer. The twists and turns that garner this movie into a tale of deception and lust are played out among the beautiful Niagara Falls, and a nearby married couple, all the more sensitive towards the inevitable climax.

• AJ V

  
  A good thriller with Monroe, taking place around Niagara falls. Good story, I liked it.

• Conner R

  
  It's average at the very best, the only reason it's memorable is because of Marilyn Monroe who seemed to be the only one truly putting forth an effort. She is the definition of a femme fatale. However, this turns into another Hitchcock rip-off without half the intelligence.… More
  It's average at the very best, the only reason it's memorable is because of Marilyn Monroe who seemed to be the only one truly putting forth an effort. She is the definition of a femme fatale. However, this turns into another Hitchcock rip-off without half the intelligence. Joseph Cotten has never been a favorite actor of mine, but I know he can play the creepy card when he wants to; in this it's pretty non-existent. The Noir effort doesn't work mainly in the fact that it's backdrop is hardly fitting, not even in an ironic sense.

• xGary X

  
  Fairly run of the mill pseudo noir filmed in rather garish technicolor, memorable for being Marilyn Monroe's first starring role, and she does shine as the femme fatale.

• jay n

  
  marilyn's best dramatic performance

• Sarah P

  
  Classic Marilyn, interesting movie, especially because now I live near Niagara Falls.

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