My Week with Marilyn
2011 · Movie · PG-13 · 99 min · ★ 6.7 · 74% critics
London, 1956: an upcoming film set is underway when an ambitious young man lands a role in the production, hoping to break into the movie business. Working alongside a celebrated director and a major screen star, he finds himself juggling the demands of the set while trying to navigate a fast-growing personal connection.
Also known as Une semaine avec Marilyn
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Details
- Years
- 2011
- Release date
- 2011-11-23
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (1,360 votes)
- Box office
- $35,057,696
- Budget
- $10,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a warm, performance-led look behind the making of The Prince and the Showgirl; Not for you if you want a tightly plotted, high-stakes biopic, like One Day or Sweet Dreams.
Pros: compelling star-focused drama; standout performances; period detail | Cons: light on plot; sometimes uneven chemistry; uneven pacing
Themes
- husband wife relationship
- countryside
- based on novel or book
- cinema on cinema
- movie business
- platonic love
- biography
- historical figure
- filmmaking
- older woman younger man relationship
- movie star
- 1950s
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 2012 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2012 · nominated
Cast & crew
Michelle Williams
as Marilyn Monroe
Kenneth Branagh
as Sir Laurence Olivier
Eddie Redmayne
as Colin Clark
Dominic Cooper
as Milton Greene
Philip Jackson
as Roger Smith
Derek Jacobi
as Sir Owen Morshead
Toby Jones
as Arthur Jacobs
Michael Kitchen
as Hugh Perceval
Julia Ormond
as Vivien Leigh
Simon Russell Beale
as Cotes-Preedy
Directed by Simon Curtis