Love, Marilyn

Name: Love, Marilyn
Genre: Documentary
Released: November 30, 2012
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 51

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HBO Documentary Films | Release Date: November 30, 2012 | Not Rated

Summary: The life and work of Marilyn Monroe are examined in this documentary.

Director: Liz Garbus

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 105 min

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Owen Gleiberman

Nov 28, 2012

Most of us consider Marilyn Monroe a born star with modest acting skills, but Love, Marilyn deepens the argument that the ditzy, dim-bulb ''Marilyn'' was every inch a performance, and a brilliant one. Read full review

Rick Groen

Apr 4, 2013

Remove the comma from the title and Love, Marilyn plays like the command it is. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

Dec 13, 2012

A heartfelt and well-intentioned love letter to an already deeply beloved star, and for anyone who's still not convinced, the picture works hard to make the case for Monroe's gifts as an actress. Read full review

David DeWitt

Nov 29, 2012

The intelligence and dynamism of Ms. Garbus's approach could hardly fail to make you appreciate Monroe's growth as an actor. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

Nov 29, 2012

This well-intentioned but clumsy attempt to get into the head of one of the 20th century's most famous women remains full of hot air. Read full review

Keith Uhlich

Nov 27, 2012

The badly miscalculated meat of the film is an endless parade of to-camera addresses by performers such as Lindsay Lohan, Viola Davis and Uma Thurman, all reading clumsily from Monroe's recently discovered letters and journal entries as if it were final-exam time at the Actors Studio. Read full review

Melissa Anderson

Nov 27, 2012

Fifty years after her death, the actress's corpse is still being picked over with ever-diminishing returns, as evidenced in Liz Garbus's garish, misguided documentary. Read full review

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vanhuizum

Nov 6, 2014

a beautiful production... taken from journals of Marilyn Monroe, I felt that she was telling her story from her perspective. It was sad to witness her painful journey, so complicated by her battle with substance abuse which is evident throughout this documentary.

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