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Blonde

NC-17 Released Sep 16, 2022 2h 46m Biography Drama TRAILER for List
42% Tomatometer 321 Reviews 36% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Based on the bestselling novel by Joyce Carol Oates, Blonde boldly reimagines the life of one of Hollywood's most enduring icons, Marilyn Monroe. From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, Blonde blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and private selves.
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Ana de Armas' luminous performance makes it difficult to look away, but Blonde can be hard to watch as it teeters between commenting on exploitation and contributing to it.

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It doesn't matter how well-acted or creatively filmed it is -- watching Blonde is a really unpleasant experience.

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Christina Newland iNews.co.uk No vivacity, no choice, just tragedy. Nothing more to see here, folks. Rated: 2/5 Sep 18, 2024 Full Review Todd Gilchrist AV Club Ana de Armas (Knives Out) delivers a truly extraordinary performance as the platinum superstar and icon, while Dominik and his collaborators discover endlessly inventive ways to recreate highlights from Monroe’s iconography. Rated: B- Oct 14, 2022 Full Review Stephen Romei The Australian Blonde is a strange movie. There’s no ducking that. I like it, especially for de Armas’s tour de force, but I can see how others may not. Rated: 4/5 Oct 6, 2022 Full Review Yasmine Kandil Discussing Film Where many biopics have become generalized, surface-level projects that essentially all go down the same checklist, Blonde takes on a completely unique and arguably camp approach to this genre. Jul 17, 2024 Full Review Joonatan Itkonen Toisto.net Just leave Marilyn alone already. Rated: 1/5 Jul 3, 2024 Full Review Alex Papaioannou InSession Film It’s a literal descent through madness, brought on by a system and society that builds up individuals only to spit them out the other side. Rated: B- Oct 31, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Luqmaan A Damnnnnnnn...marilyn got some daddy issues ...excellent performance from ana de armas and adrien brody.....but the director took it to far....seemed liked they added some rumors and conspiracy theories to the movie..aside that it a solid movie with good cinematography. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/19/24 Full Review Rosana B Angustiante, mas tão confuso e embolado que nada parece ser real, tão caricato, tão avesso ao que ela tanto lutou até o fim da vida para mudar, a fama de ''loira burra'', vergonho, triste e entediante. A única coisa fidedigna foi o fato de TODOS terem se aproximado dele para usufruir do seu corpo, fama, ingenuidade ou ambos. Um filme confuso, numa junção de cenas desconexas, exatamente para demonstrar como estava a mente de Norma Jeane, apenas uma crônica ficcional da vida interior de Marilyn. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/07/24 Full Review Efrem M 0/5 easily. Appalling and fictitious story about the life of Marilyn Monroe. The trivial physical resemblance to the actress, on some photos, couldn't remotely add up to this unsubstantiated pseudo-biography. A definite no watch for any MM fan. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/03/24 Full Review Jonah K emotionally exhausting. i am typically someone who is able to separate art from its context/creator, but i may have found my limit here. it feels discomforting to have this degree of interpretation be represented as truth. it seems that the writer of this source material put Marilyn into the story she wanted to write, rather than actually telling Marilyn’s story. i question why this couldn’t just be a fictional character. at the same time, this is what we do to people. not even just celebrities. place our perceptions and our experiences on to them, turning them into someone else entirely. what we want them to be or who we think they are. it’s very confronting. are we mad that the movie is doing this to Marilyn Monroe or are we mad that we do this to other people ourselves? artistically, this is fascinating, but i don’t know if it’s worth sacrificing empathy for. side note: i am also very curious about what constitutes the NC-17 rating. maybe it was the consistency of the content rather than the extremity of it. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/31/24 Full Review Mark D Tedious trauma porn. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 06/20/24 Full Review Tony P I have always really liked Ana De Armas ever since I first saw her in Knives Out almost four years ago, and a really good actress! Which is why I wanted to see this movie however, after watching it I was kind of disappointed! Not in Ana De Armas because she does a great job but by how the director and writers approached this movie. Don't get me wrong, I understand that their version of Marilyn Monroe is based on the book it just could've been a lot better! Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 06/08/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Based on the bestselling novel by Joyce Carol Oates, Blonde boldly reimagines the life of one of Hollywood's most enduring icons, Marilyn Monroe. From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, Blonde blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and private selves.
Director
Andrew Dominik
Producer
Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Tracey Landon, Brad Pitt, Scott Robertson
Screenwriter
Andrew Dominik
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
Plan B Entertainment
Rating
NC-17 (Some Sexual Content)
Genre
Biography, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 16, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 28, 2022
Runtime
2h 46m
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