Blonde on Netflix: ‘Infinite Hell’, ‘Best Movie of the Year’ … What do viewers think of Marilyn Monroe fake biopic?

A bold re-reading of the trajectory Marilyn Monroe, one of Hollywood’s most timeless icons, Blonde is something of an anti-biographical film adapted from Joyce Carol Oates’ bestseller of the same name. This is a fictional director Andrew Dominick With an ambitious bias and radical vision, it chronicles the turbulent childhood, meteoric rise and complicated love stories of Norma Jeane/Marilyn Monroe.

Blurring the line between fact and fiction, Blonde explores the major gap between her public persona and the person she was in private. Cuban actress Ana de Armas finds it difficult to slip into the shoes of a Hollywood star and answers Bobby Cannavale (Boardwalk Empire), Adrian Brody (pianist, Grand Budapest Hotel), Juliana Nicholson (Masters of Sex), Caspar Phillipson (Jack, Mission Impossible: Fallout) or even Toby Huss (Jerry Maguire, Ghostbusters).

Blonde, a divisive film

What do viewers think of this unique proposal? As much good as bad. Blonde is a film that leaves no one indifferent and that divides. If some people cry “masterpiece” and “the best film of the year”, others think that it is a “difficult” and “trial” film, or even “hell”.

Despite the length of the feature film (2h.46), many Internet users started the cinematic experience, which is blonde and has a clear opinion about the film. Even if opinions differ, everyone agrees that Ana de Armas is breathtaking as Marilyn Monroe.

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Blonde is available on Netflix.