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Today's movie was

My Week With Marilyn (2011)

with Michelle Williams and Eddy Redmayne. Also an overstuffed Kenneth Branagh unsuccessfully impersonating Laurence Olivier.

The movie survives this one burp however with Williams' embodiment of Marilyn and Redmayne's portrayal as a third level gofer who befriends her or visa versa. It is mutual and sweet.

The story is based trueness. But that is less the point than the intimacy between the stars. Even Branagh's bluster cannot penetrate the intensity of the innocent flirtation and friendship between the two.

I liked the film very much and would be willing to see it again if it popped up somewhere. A 4 out of Netflix5.

Labels: films