Blonde

Don Shanahan of Every Movie Has a Lesson

2022-09-23

Not a single glandular release from her striking eyes seems disingenuous. In depicting one icon, Blonde may have just launched another with its lead actress. Read more

Jeffrey Rex Bertelsen of I'm Jeffrey Rex

2023-01-28

Whether or not it tells the true story, I’m not sure either, but it’s such a tragic and torturous portrait that it’s hard to really look at without feeling the pain that permeates it from minute one. Nevertheless, I think both the person Norma Jeane and the icon Marilyn Monroe deserve better than what this film ultimately is. Read more

Bob Mann of One Mann's Movies

2022-10-07

Marilyn Monroe is a fantastic subject for a great biopic. Unfortunately, this isn’t it. Yes, it has moments of artistic style that take your breath away. But it’s just so unremittingly grim that I can’t recommend it as a good one to watch. Read more

Filipe Freitas of Always Good Movies

2022-10-13

The direction of Andrew Dominik has some flashes of inspiration but is not to die for, while the script portrays the star almost as a dumb, without penetrating the woman's heart. Read more

Eric Hillis of The Movie Waffler

2022-09-29

By portraying Monroe solely as a victim, the film removes her agency. The actress is always held up as a counterpoint to the dumb blonde stereotype, given how well read and seemingly intelligent she was, but the movie never conveys this side of the star. Read more

William Eguizabal of FilmSnobReviews

2022-12-22

Ham-fisted and not worth your time. This is perhaps, the biggest disappointment of the year. So much potential squandered. Read more