Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life

Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

SnoopyStyle This movie takes a look at the iconic legend from two sides of her persona. Norma Jean Dougherty (Ashley Judd) is the ambitious small town girl and Marilyn Monroe (Mira Sorvino) is the construct after the plastic surgery. She had an unstable mother and an absent father. Her aunt left her in the orphanage after her uncle made a pass. In Hollywood, the married model Norma Jean dates actor Eddie Jordan (Josh Charles) and uses his connections. She vows to be the biggest star ever. Despite the good news of her divorce, she is angrily jealous of Eddie signing a studio contract. She's willing to sleep around including Eddie's uncle Ted to get ahead. Through Ted, she gets to big Hollywood agent Johnny Hyde (Ron Rifkin).This has the feel of an unauthorized sensationalized TV biopic. Ashley Judd is acting for all her worth in this one. She also gets really naked. It seems desperate. Norma Jean had a desperate drive and I can't separate the story from the sense of movie-making. Nevertheless, it probably has more reality than fiction. This is not some high brow affair despite the high brow concept of two actresses playing the same role. The concept functions well. Mira Sorvino does a fine Monroe imitation although it doesn't feel real. This does try to do a psychological conflict between the two personalities although I like more the Monroe as a smart calculating performer rather than a tragic mental case. Everybody wants the tragic flaw. In the end, this is a functional TV biopic but it seems to be trying too hard for my taste.

sockhopqwn I am a big fan of Marilyn. I have studied about her life, as both Norma Jeane and Marilyn for years now. I was terribly disappointed in this film. It did not do her justice. Most of it is weak fiction and embellished. I had to turn it off because I could not stand how they turned my beloved heroine into a trashy, stupid, cheap whore. I hated this movie more than any other movie I have seen before. If you really want to learn about Marilyn, I suggest reading Donald H. Wolfe's book "The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe" or watch a documentary about her.For fans who do not know about her and just buy the purses and merchandise because of her goddess status, then you might enjoy this film. But it is not true. It is a work of fiction. The actors tried their best with what they were given but that didn't go far.

Bill Goode Just exactly why the producers made this film I cannot understand. Now I am not familiar with the exact events of Marilyn Monroe's life, so I could not judge the accuracy of this film in depicting her life. But this film is totally disappointing in the depiction of her life. The question in my mind is "Did the producers & writers of this film truly enjoy telling the world how screwed up Marlilyn Monroe's life really was?" Did the producers really enjoy making this film? It is a pretty degraded purpose to tear up someone's life like this and expose it to the world as "entertainment", regardless of how accurate it is.To me films should serve as entertainment. The entertainment value of this film is absolute ZERO. It shows none of the happier moments of Marilyn's life, except in her childhood, but then it only goes downhill from there. There is nothing in this film that glorifies the most celebrated of all actresses.If you want some graphical depiction of the degraded points of Marilyn's life, then perhaps this film is for you. But if you are looking to be entertained, unless you are pretty sadistic, look elsewhere for entertainment. 1/10

lefteyez54 i love marilyn monroe and mira sorvino,,,so when i first saw this picture in 2001 i was blown away...Ashley Judd and Sorvino have more talent than i ever imagined. some of the film is a little diced in terms of Monroe's real life and some characters are confused for real life or fiction (was the character named Eddie really involved with Marilyn?) All in all this picture is A-OK in my book