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Overwrought, overlong ‘Blonde’ depicts Marilyn Monroe’s life as a joyless nightmare

Netflix film has an arresting look, but too many visual and aural tricks fight for our attention.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 22, 2022

All Marilyn Monroe movies are exploitative. But the nightmarish Blonde actually shows you inside her vagina

Andrew Dominik’s fictionalised biopic of the tragic movie star doesn’t just fail Marilyn Monroe herself, writes Amanda Whiting, but its use of a talking foetus begging not to be aborted – yes, really – sinks the film into new depths of invasiveness

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022

‘Blonde’ review: Showbiz is a girl’s worst friend in Netflix’s oppressive Marilyn Monroe nightmare

Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde,” streaming on Netflix Sept. 28, is meant to be a tough sit, endured, more than a harsh, often miserable life, examined. Wrong mission. But mission accomplished.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 21, 2022

Why this Marilyn Monroe biopic is NC-17

The NC-17 rating has historically been bad for business due to its adults-only label and pornographic stigma

Salon · Sep 12, 2022

Blonde review – Some like it rotten: Monroe biopic is moving, explicit and intensely irritating

Venice film festival: Andrew Dominik’s controversial drama finds space for talking foetuses, presidential sex and a starry throuple – but denies its subject sufficient agency

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2022

‘I truly believe she was close’: star of new biopic sensed Marilyn Monroe on set

Director Andrew Dominik also says that scenes for the controversial Netflix release, filmed in the room where the iconic actor died were ‘like a seance’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2022

Ana de Armas: The Cuban Taking on Marilyn Monroe

Ana de Armas's journey from Cuban migrant to starring as Marilyn Monroe in "Blonde", which gets its world premiere in Venice on Thursday, is the stuff of American Dream cliches. Born in Cuba in 1988, Armas came to the United States in her twenties with barely a word of English,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 8, 2022

Heartbreak High, Rings of Power, Blonde: what’s new to streaming in Australia this September

Plus a starry drama about the Bali bombings, new Rick and Morty and Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson

The Guardian - AU · Sep 4, 2022

Ana de Armas slams NC-17 rating of Marilyn Monroe flick ‘Blonde’

Ana de Armas is baffled that her hotly anticipated film “Blonde” has a rare NC-17 rating, even though other films “are way more explicit” than Netflix’s forthcoming movie about Marilyn Monroe and her legacy.

Tribune News Service · Sep 2, 2022

Why is 'Blonde' – Netflix's Marilyn Monroe biopic – rated NC-17 instead of TV-MA?

The NC-17 rating has historically been a film certification that’s bad for business due to its adults-only label and pornographic stigma.

The Conversation · Sep 2, 2022