“Blonde” has been hotly anticipated for some time: For taking on a figure like Monroe in an experimental way, and also because of the curiosity around de Armas’s performance. The Cuba-born actor worked with a dialect coach for a year to prepare.
3/5 stars “It’s just a crazy dream,” whispers Marilyn Monroe in her baby-doll voice in Blonde. You could say the same for director Andrew Dominik’s often hallucinogenic take on the tragic star’s life. Based on the book by Joyce Carol Oates, the film takes an impressionistic look at Monroe – or rather Norma Jeane, the woman behind the film star..
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