Writing for Utah’s Deseret News, Megan Fisher picks her Top 5 Monroe movies.
- Don’t Bother to Knock (1952) – “Monroe gracefully moves between a genuinely frightening villain and a fragile young woman whom you feel the need to protect. It’s an astoundingly layered performance — tremulous, tender and raw.”
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) – “One of Monroe’s most deftly performed comic performances … She slyly imbues the character with dignity, grace and intelligence.”
- Bus Stop (1956) – “Speaking with a broad Ozark accent and letting her blonde hair darken, Monroe paints a portrait of a gentle, desperate woman struggling against the limitations of a patriarchal society.”
- Some Like It Hot (1959) – “She cuts an enchanting figure as the melancholy girl who ‘always gets the wrong end of the lollipop,’ vulnerable, charismatic and glowing with joie de vivre.”
- The Misfits (1961) – “A bleeding heart of a performance: raw, vulnerable, beautiful and shockingly modern.”
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