News4JAX move reviewer Mark Greczmiel said 'Blonde' is a dark take on Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe’s iconic life that goes over the top, despite having some memorable moments.
out of 5 -- Rated: NC-17 -- Run time: 2 hours, 46 minutes
In 2000, author Joyce Carol Oates wrote a 752-page “fictional novel” titled “Blonde” about the actress, stressing that it wasn’t meant to be autobiographical. “Blonde” quickly became a two-part TV movie that aired in 2001, but now it’s getting the bigger-budget treatment from writer/director Andrew Dominik .
The superb supporting cast includes the actors playing two of Monroe’s husbands: Bobby Cannavale as a darker version of baseball legend Joe DiMaggio and Adrien Brody as the more sympathetic playwright Arthur Miller.Writer/director Dominik goes back and forth between black-and-white and color throughout the film, which plays well with many of the re-creations of famous Monroe movie scenes, newsreel footage and press photos.
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