The Secret Life Of Marilyn Monroe Review

Her complex relationship with her mother gladys susan sarandon.

The secret life of marilyn monroe review. Susan sarandon is great as gladys monroe mortenson marilyn s mother who owns big chunks of this movie with her certified insanity. Based on the bestselling book of the same name the secret life of marilyn monroe dramatically chronicles how the star hid her complicated private life from the public. With susan sarandon kelli garner embeth davidtz jack noseworthy. The secret life of marilyn monroe the new miniseries on lifetime showcases the star s hidden struggle with mental illness.

The secret life of marilyn monroe goes into great detail with marilyn s life from her child years as norma jean moved from home to home that created a feeling of abandonment and not knowing her father to her adult years as a model and movie star. The information about the secret life of marilyn monroe shown above was first featured in the bookbrowse review bookbrowse s online magazine that keeps our members abreast of notable and high profile books publishing in the coming weeks. In most cases the reviews are necessarily limited to those that were available to us ahead of publication. Both pics grace of monaco and the secret life of marilyn monroe are dreadful badly written and badly produced.

She constantly battled her demons her self confidence issues her anxiety to become the biggest movie star of all time. Marilyn monroe is known for many things glamour stardom sex appeal. That last item probably should be filed under delusion but secret life suggests that in the make believe world of hollywood celebrity reality didn t always have a sharply defined edge. The secret life of marilyn monroe is far more watchable due to a fine turn by garner and author taraborrelli s unique approach which focuses on an aspect of monroe s life usually ignored.

Kelli garne plays norma jeane mortenson a young woman whose mentally ill mother gladys susan sarandon was largely absent from her life. A chronicle of marilyn monroe s family life and how she succeeded in hiding her most intimate secrets from the press and an invasive world. Randy taraborrelli the secret life of marilyn monroe tells the sad familiar tale of the girl who was born norma jeane and endured a tumultuous. There are so many rumors that have circulated over the years that the author has proven false.

And emily watson is really good as grace mckee marilyn s foster mother who didn t take any medicine due to her religion and still killed herself with a drug overdose.