The Talking Fetus Gimmick and Ceaseless Brutality in ‘Blonde’ Ruin Its Potential

I'm not sure how a film with a miracle-of-life-ass talking fetus is supposed to make us consider Marilyn Monroe's life more seriously.

To her credit, Ana de Armas impressively manages to perform a woman on the brink of tears, collapse, and destruction for the entirety of the film without it feeling exhausting. What is exhausting is watching her character, at best, be bounced around like a beach volleyball from scenario to scenario, and at worst, be dragged like her own stuffed toy tiger from abuse to abuse.

that “everything that’s been written about Marilyn Monroe…is a rescue fantasy,” and that “it’s all from the point of view of: ‘If I’d been there. I understood her. If I’d been there, she would’ve been fine.’”, he added, would be “no different.” Towards the end of the movie, at a point where she’s barely able to hold herself up, I wondered if—no, I hoped it would be ending soon.

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