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Drama

Blonde

- Watched by all, seen by none.

From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and private selves.

Release Date : 2022-09-16

Language :EnglishItalian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Plan B Entertainment

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Ana de Armas

Character Name : Norma Jeane / Marilyn Monroe

Original Name : Ana de Armas

Gender : Female

Adrien Brody

Character Name : The Playwright

Original Name : Adrien Brody

Gender : Male

Bobby Cannavale

Character Name : The Ex-Athlete

Original Name : Bobby Cannavale

Gender : Male

Sara Paxton

Character Name : Miss Flynn

Original Name : Sara Paxton

Gender : Female

Lucy DeVito

Character Name : Ex-Athlete's Niece

Original Name : Lucy DeVito

Gender : Female

Julianne Nicholson

Character Name : Gladys

Original Name : Julianne Nicholson

Gender : Female

Scoot McNairy

Character Name : Tommy Ewell / Richard Sherman

Original Name : Scoot McNairy

Gender : Male

Xavier Samuel

Character Name : Cass Chaplin

Original Name : Xavier Samuel

Gender : Male

Caspar Phillipson

Character Name : The President

Original Name : Caspar Phillipson

Gender : Male

Evan Williams

Character Name : Eddy G. Robinson Jr.

Original Name : Evan Williams

Gender : Male

Rebecca Wisocky

Character Name : Yvet

Original Name : Rebecca Wisocky

Gender : Female

Toby Huss

Character Name : Whitey

Original Name : Toby Huss

Gender : Male

Catherine Dent

Character Name : Jean

Original Name : Catherine Dent

Gender : Female

Haley Webb

Character Name : Brooke (Flight Attendant)

Original Name : Haley Webb

Gender : Female

Dan Butler

Character Name : I.E. Shinn

Original Name : Dan Butler

Gender : Male

Tygh Runyan

Character Name : Norma Jeane's Father

Original Name : Tygh Runyan

Gender : Male

David Warshofsky

Character Name : Mr. Z

Original Name : David Warshofsky

Gender : Male

Michael Masini

Character Name : Tony Curtis / Josephine

Original Name : Michael Masini

Gender : Male

Chris Lemmon

Character Name : Jack Lemmon / Daphne

Original Name : Chris Lemmon

Gender : Male

Ned Bellamy

Character Name : Doc Fell

Original Name : Ned Bellamy

Gender : Male

Sonny Valicenti

Character Name : Casting Director

Original Name : Sonny Valicenti

Gender : Male

Tatum Shank

Character Name : Dick Tracy

Original Name : Tatum Shank

Gender : Male

Andrew Thacher

Character Name : Jiggs

Original Name : Andrew Thacher

Gender : Male

Dominic Leeder

Character Name : Bugs Bunny

Original Name : Dominic Leeder

Gender : Male

Skip Pipo

Character Name : Dr. Bender

Original Name : Skip Pipo

Gender : Male

Ravil Isyanov

Character Name : Billy Wilder

Original Name : Равиль Исьянов

Gender : Male

Tim Ransom

Character Name : Rudy

Original Name : Tim Ransom

Gender : Male

Rob Brownstein

Character Name : Acting Coach

Original Name : Rob Brownstein

Gender : Male

Rob Nagle

Character Name : Radio Announcer

Original Name : Rob Nagle

Gender : Male

Ethan Cohn

Character Name : Assistant to the Director

Original Name : Ethan Cohn

Gender : Male

Mike Ostroski

Character Name : The Writer

Original Name : Mike Ostroski

Gender : Male

Christopher Kriesa

Character Name : Joe E. Brown

Original Name : Christopher Kriesa

Gender : Male

Eric Matheny

Character Name : Joseph Cotten

Original Name : Eric Matheny

Gender : Male

Kiva Jump

Character Name : Ward Nurse at Norwalk

Original Name : Kiva Jump

Gender : Female

Patrick Brennan

Character Name : Joe (Photo Shoot Photographer)

Original Name : Patrick Brennan

Gender : Male

Ryan Vincent

Character Name : Uncle Clive

Original Name : Ryan Vincent

Gender : Male

Vanessa Lemonides

Character Name : Marilyn Singing Voice (voice)

Original Name : Vanessa Lemonides

Gender : Male

Michael Drayer

Character Name : Deputy Will Bonnie

Original Name : Michael Drayer

Gender : Male

Claudia Smith

Character Name : Dee-Dee

Original Name : Claudia Smith

Gender : Male

Mary-Pat Green

Character Name : Tracey

Original Name : Mary-Pat Green

Gender : Female

Ron West

Character Name : Dr. Spindel (Abortion Doctor)

Original Name : Ron West

Gender : Male

Flynn Platt

Character Name : Actor in Play

Original Name : Flynn Platt

Gender : Male

Scott Wilder

Character Name : Chloroform Man #1

Original Name : Scott Wilder

Gender : Male

Sal Landi

Character Name : Chloroform Man #2

Original Name : Sal Landi

Gender : Male

Seth Meriwether

Character Name : 5th Helena Messenger

Original Name : Seth Meriwether

Gender : Male

Darrin M. Schlie

Character Name : Assistant Camera Man

Original Name : Darrin M. Schlie

Gender : Male

Julián Rebolledo

Character Name : Trailer Announcer / Newsreel Announcer

Original Name : Julián Rebolledo

Gender : Male

Allan Havey

Character Name : Dr. Greenson

Original Name : Allan Havey

Gender : Male

Tereza Rizzardi

Character Name : Ex-Athlete's Momma

Original Name : Tereza Rizzardi

Gender : Female

Lily Fisher

Character Name : Young Norma Jeane

Original Name : Lily Fisher

Gender : Female

Spencer Taylor

Character Name : Assistant Director

Original Name : Spencer Taylor

Gender : Male

Denna Thomsen

Character Name : Choreographer

Original Name : Denna Thomsen

Gender : Female

Parker Harris

Character Name : Diamonds Dancer

Original Name : Parker Harris

Gender : Male

Ryan Kanfer

Character Name : Diamonds Dancer

Original Name : Ryan Kanfer

Gender : Male

Scott Hislop

Character Name : Diamonds Dancer

Original Name : Scott Hislop

Gender : Male

Parker Blakely

Character Name : Diamonds Dancer

Original Name : Parker Blakely

Gender : Male

Chris Moss

Character Name : Diamonds Dancer

Original Name : Chris Moss

Gender : Male

Cris Cangero

Character Name : Diamonds Dancer

Original Name : Cris Cangero

Gender : Male

Brandon Beltran

Character Name : Diamonds Dancer

Original Name : Brandon Beltran

Gender : Male

Patrick Ellis

Character Name : Diamonds Dancer

Original Name : Patrick Ellis

Gender : Male

Luke Kamppila

Character Name : Diamonds Dancer

Original Name : Luke Kamppila

Gender : Male

Richard Biglia

Character Name : Diamonds Dancer

Original Name : Richard Biglia

Gender : Male

Arne Gjelten

Character Name : Diamonds Dancer

Original Name : Arne Gjelten

Gender : Male

Russell Ridgeway

Character Name : Diamonds Dancer

Original Name : Russell Ridgeway

Gender : Male

Jake Brandorff

Character Name : Diamonds Dancer

Original Name : Jake Brandorff

Gender : Male

Bryan Anthony

Character Name : Diamonds Dancer

Original Name : Bryan Anthony

Gender : Male

Jeremy Shouldis

Character Name : Tuxedo #2 (uncredited)

Original Name : Jeremy Shouldis

Gender : Male

Steve Bannos

Character Name : Brentwood Doctor (uncredited)

Original Name : Steve Bannos

Gender : Male

Dieterich Gray

Character Name : Photographer's Assistant (uncredited)

Original Name : Dieterich Gray

Gender : Male

Mia McGovern Zaini

Character Name : Young Norma Jeane (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Mia McGovern Zaini

Gender : Female

Garret Dillahunt

Character Name : Producer (uncredited)

Original Name : Garret Dillahunt

Gender : Male

Eden Riegel

Character Name : Esther (uncredited)

Original Name : Eden Riegel

Gender : Female

Judy Kain

Character Name : Severe Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Judy Kain

Gender : Female

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-09-24

What a truly disappointing film this is. It offers us a really slow, sterile and disjointed - almost episodic - depiction of just how Marilyn Monroe's life might have panned out. For a start, I couldn't decide whether Ana de Armas was really Lady Gaga or Scarlett Johansson (both of whom would have acquitted themselves better, I'd say) as she offers an admittedly intense, but remarkably uninvolved performance. We move along from chapter to chapter in her life hindered by some fairly weak and uninspiring dialogue and seriously intrusive scoring in what becomes an increasingly shallow and lacklustre fashion. The photography does try hard - it does offer us a sense of intimacy, but the whole thing is presented in such a stylised and un-natural manner that it is frequently difficult to tell whether she is/was a "real" woman. Her marriages are treated in an almost scant manner - and her relationship with JFK is reduced to something rather implausibly one-sided and sordid showing nothing of how their relationship might have come to be. It has no soul, this film. Aside from her glamour - which was, even then, hardly unique we are not really introduced to any of the nuances of her character, we are left guessing a lot of the time as to just how she did become such a superstar, and how she spiralled so inevitably into a maelstrom of booze and pills. It relies to a considerable extent on the viewer's existing knowledge of, and affection for, this flawed lady. Adrien Brody and Bobby Cannavale don't really have much chance to add anything as her husbands and the highly speculative relationship between her and Charlie Chaplin Jnr (Xavier Samuel) and his sexually ambiguous partner-in-crime Edward G Robinson Jr (Scoot McNairy) does suggest something of the rather profligate and debauched existence that some lived in Hollywood, but again their characters are also largely undercooked and again, we are largely left to use our own imagination. It is far, far too long and in a packed cinema, I could see people looking at the ceiling just once too often. Watchable, certainly, but a real missed opportunity to offer us something scintillating and tantalising about this most of iconic of women.

M

Martín Acosta

@JulesAndVincent6

2022-10-03

In the middle of 2022, the movie I was looking forward to the most was '**Blonde**', but... I'm really disappointed. The film has nowhere to hold on, it's just a fictional compilation of the supposed life of **Marilyn Monroe**, where we don't get context and it's easy to get lost through the scenes and the large number of characters (_which if you didn't know the story, you wouldn't really know who they are_) of a feature film of almost three hours. The direction is good, although quite experimental where sometimes elements that seem to come out of nowhere are combined. Not to mention the constant switching between color and black/white that doesn't seem to represent anything concrete. **Ana de Armas's** performance is brilliant, by far the best of the film, despite how poor her character is. I'm really disappointed, in these times we live in, designing a movie about **Marilyn Monroe** could have contained a much more powerful message. The story of a woman who went through the sexualization of the industry in the 50's. Instead the film only seems to add fuel to the fire by showing nudity at any time and sometimes for no reason. Based on a story in parts fictitious, with a vision, in my opinion, poorly focused, they make 'Blonde' a great disappointment.

H

Hossein

@niyumard

2022-10-08

This is a movie that shows no other side of Marylin than her being miserable. While watching this movie, if you try to fact-check stuff, you realize that many parts of it are fictitious. Then as you continue watching the movie, you wonder what you're watching. This movie is neither a good representation of reality nor a good work of fiction...

R

r96sk

@r96sk

2023-01-06

'Blonde' is a strange one. There is nothing about it that I'd scream from the rooftops about, yet the heavy run time of around 2hrs 47mins went by in an absolute flash - not once was I bored with what I was watching; I tend to check how long is left of a movie when I'm finding it dull, but with this I didn't check at all - as clear a sign as any that I obviously enjoyed it. I'm not fully convinced why, admittedly. I think it's just really interesting to watch from start-to-finish, the acting is very good and the film is put together well. I wasn't sure about having Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe during the first few scenes, though I quickly lost those thoughts as she gives a great performance. I get the criticisms (though how many biopics truly stick to reality?) but I predominantly judge films as films, and this is a very watchable one in my books. I'm not saying it's anything special, though for a near 3hr flick to fly by it evidently gave me what I require.

M

misubisu

@misubisu

2023-07-24

No wonder Marilyn Monroe overdosed on sleeping pills, I was suicidal well before this movie finished!! This movie is so depressing that it is hard to watch. I had to jump through numerous parts desperately looking for something even slightly uplifting. I failed.