Creative and artistic, but impossible to watch
Film critic Jason Evans has made it his mission to tell you
everything you need to know about movies in less time than it takes to blow
wind up your skirt. His reviews are exactly 100 words long (99 is too few and
101 would be too much). Here is his 100-word review of Blonde.
The Premise: Writer/director Andrew Dominik (The
Assassination of Jesse James and Killing Them Softly) turns his
gaze to the legendary career of Marilyn Monroe. Ana de Armas (Knives Out, No
Time To Die) plays the Hollywood superstar in this film that tracks Monroe’s
troubled life from childhood through her tragic death at age 36, including multiple
affairs and marriages and Marilyn’s struggle to be accepted as more than a sex
symbol. The film is based on Joyce Carol Oates’ novel, which contains many real events, but also has more
than a few fictionalized moments. Don’t be tricked into thinking this is a
faithful retelling of Monroe’s life.
The 100 Words: Though Dominik infuses the film with some
creative directorial flourishes (maybe too many) and de Armas delivers a brave performance (she
is abused/naked throughout much of the film), this is just a really hard
watch. Marilyn is depressed, delusional, deranged, or drug-addicted throughout virtually
every moment of this 166 minute film. After an hour you want to scream at the
screen, “I get it, her life sucks!” but the film just goes on and on with the
spectacle. Sitting through it in a theater was really hard, I can’t imagine how
anyone could watch this at home on Netflix
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