In ‘My Week With Marilyn’, Michelle Williams is excellent in the title role
She transforms into Marilyn Monroe portraying her fully in body and soul
Marilyn’s in London making a film with Sir Laurence Olivier, the acting great
He bullies her instead of helping her and he seems to like to intimidate
A young man who works on the set tells the story from his point of view
He sort of takes care of her which is something he can’t believe he gets to do
As they spend more time together their special friendship they try to hide
He starts to fall for her but nothing can come of it she does decide
She was one of the biggest stars in the world and the story points this out
She was good at playing ‘Marilyn’ but her film acting caused her some doubt
Kenneth Branagh is good as Laurence Olivier and leads a stellar supporting cast
Eddie Redmayne plays the young man telling this little known story from our past
The acting is really the best part of this film and I’d rate the story as just ok
It’s probably worth checking out, especially if you’re a Marilyn fan, I would say