Leslie Kasperowicz attended a screening of My Week With Marilyn this week, and has posted her review at Immortal Marilyn:
“It would be easy to blow off this film because some of the plot is exaggerated or downright untrue. And as fans, we often cannot see past our desire to protect Marilyn from the dumb blonde image, from the exploitation of her life to make a buck. I ask you to try, to go in to this film and watch the story without letting gut reactions and protectiveness get in the way. If you can’t or don’t want to do that, ‘My Week with Marilyn’ is not for you. But if we as fans can be honest with ourselves about Marilyn’s struggles and vulnerability while still maintaining our love for her and pride in her, then I think we can see in Michelle Williams portrayal a true effort to make Marilyn a real person. I don’t see exploitation in this film, and what a relief.”
