The in-flight movie last week as I returned from vacation was "My Week With Marilyn." I decided to watch.
I rather enjoyed it, even though such films aren't usually my thing. It's a romance, but it's really the story of Marilyn's mega-stardom as seen through the eyes of Great Britain, a young Brit assistant director to whom Marilyn turns for emotional shelter, and the Brits and Americans on the film crew of a film directed by Sir Lawrence Olivier. Supposedly it is a true story as told by the assistant director. Olivier is played well by Kenneth Branaugh - frustrated because as an accomplished actor who wants to be a movie star, he sees what he views as a talentless movie star getting the accolades that have escaped him - and her frailties and lack of classical training are viewed by him as liabilities, even as he is awed by her beauty and star power.
Michelle Williams plays Monroe. I have no idea who Williams is, but she did an excellent job portraying Monroe as a multi-faceted, somewhat naive woman not fully comfortable with the movie star facet. I give this one a thumbs-up.