Marilyn Monroe has been the subject of numerous bio-pics and documentaries, leaving the filmmakers behind “My Week with Marilyn” at a tremendous disadvantage. However, this production has something extraordinary to assist in their characterization: intimacy. Adapting Colin Clark’s experiences working on the 1957 comedy “The Prince and the Showgirl,” the feature offers a lightweight but knowing look at the excitement, seduction, and caution that followed Monroe wherever she went. Eschewing a rigid, extensive recollection of personality for some melancholy fluff, “My Week with Marilyn” hits all the required beats of allure and misery, adding yet another compelling chapter to the ongoing deconstruction of a silver screen legend. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com

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