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The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

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The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

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The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes fails to shed any new light on its subject, settling instead for yet another tawdry rehash of tragic events.

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Danny Leigh Financial Times 06/10/2022
2/5
“Unheard”? Well, almost all the interviews here already turned up in the book, but this is technically true, unless someone read it to you aloud. Go to Full Review
Christy Lemire FilmWeek (LAist) 05/10/2022
Totally empty. A bunch of runaround and buildup for nothing. Go to Full Review
Owen Gleiberman Variety 05/07/2022
In fact, it’s a very good film. Go to Full Review
Archi Sengupta LeisureByte.com 08/19/2024
2.5/5
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes is a decent documentary that sometimes seems sensationalised and a bit difficult to watch. Go to Full Review
Rahul Desai News9 Live (India) 07/19/2022
A grave-exhuming documentary that lacks truth and technique. Go to Full Review
Hugo Hernández Valdivia Cinexcepción 05/27/2022
40/100
A podcast would have been, perhaps, a more consistent idea. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
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Jeffrey C @Jeffrey462 Dec 27 This documentary attempts to disprove facts regarding Marilyn Monroe’s life and death. It was literally a bunch of crap that insulted my intelligence. Most of their information would never hold up in any court. Terrible just terrible See more Julia S @Julia_S Dec 12 The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes shows a much deeper and more personal look at Marilyn than the public image we usually see. I went in knowing her fame and her connection to the Kennedys, but I didn’t realize how much her difficult childhood and years in foster care shaped her relationships and struggles with mental health. The documentary also highlights the darker side of old Hollywood, where actresses were openly exploited and Marilyn was treated more as an object than an artist, despite her desire to be taken seriously. All in all, this film provides meaningful insight into the pressures and vulnerabilities that defined her life and career and I think it’s important to watch. See more Haley C @Haley358 Dec 7 Through this great documentary it reveals the story of Marilyn Monroe and her career leading to different perspectives on what happened the night of her death. It goes into depth through tapes of people speaking upon her story of drug use and depression after her involvement with the affairs she had with the Kennedy brothers. The night of her death was claimed as a suicide but the involvement with Bobby Kennedy clearing her house and having it wired, whether or not she even left her room to go to the hospital, and who she exactly saw that night was unclear. I did very much enjoy the documentary and the different viewpoints put out about the night of her death. I felt that the documentary was necessary to people who haven’t seen the book by Anthony Summers’ "Goddess," it was based off of, but I felt the film was a little drawn out in pacing that should’ve been focused on that night. See more Cathy B Apr 15 First time greeting to know Marilyn. She was and is still a beautiful star See more butterfly2507 10/07/2023 i made it around 17mins in and am bored out of my mind. See more John B 09/12/2022 Interesting overall to listen to the story that was presented, but still leaves it open and doesn't prove anything conclusively other than that the Kennedy's were involved. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Director
Emma Cooper
Producer
Emma Cooper, Chris Smith
Genre
Biography, Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 27, 2022
Runtime
1h 40m