..That said, Williams is a revelation and brings a much-needed darkness to "My Week with Marilyn." She isn't the spitting image of Monroe, but she manages to inhabit her shades without overdoing the coquettishness or underplaying the tragic vulnerability. Among a high-profile British cast -- the solid (Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench) and the not-so-solid (Emma Watson, we wish you were better!) -- Williams is clearly the best thing about this movie, and a shoe-in for an Oscar nomination.
Based on the diaries of Colin Clark, 'My Week With Marilyn' is a coming-of-age story masked as a biopic. Or a biopic masked as a coming-of-age story. In 1956, at the ripe age of "nearly 24," Clark (Eddie Redmayne) leaves home to work as a third assistant director on the set of 'The Princess and the Showgirl' with Sir Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) and Marilyn Monroe (Williams). Over the course of the shoot -- which Monroe extends beyond the norms because of her devotion to the Method style of acting championed by Lee and Paula Strasberg -- Clark and the world's most famous leading lady fall into a complicated relationship of love and need, much to the consternation of Olivier, Marilyn's main handler Milton Greene (Dominic Cooper, in full Howard Stark mode) and Colin's maybe-girlfriend Lucy (Emma Watson, Hermione'ing it up). Colin's in over his head with Marilyn, but the pull of her come-hither winks and little-girl-lost persona is too much for any man to stand. At least that's what the film tells us. Repeatedly. Like 'The King's Speech,' this is a "tell, don't show" production: through needless voiceover and heavy-handed dialogue, 'My Week With Marilyn' hammers home its slight points -- that Colin will get his heart broken; that Monroe is playing a part and unable to escape, even if she wants to -- in a way that recalls an HBO telefilm. Thank goodness then for the performances.
Emma Watson, of “Harry Potter” fame, has a small but convincing role as the girl Colin (Eddie) toys with while the movie is being made.
despite a much more pretty girl more suited for him (an underused Emma Watson).
Colin begins dating Lucy (an underused Emma Watson), who works in wardrobe.


And then there's her new gig as the face of Lancôme's Rouge in Love lipstick and nail polish range, which arrives in stores on Valentine's Day (the actress already appears in ads for the French brand's fragrance Trésor Midnight Rose).

To Everyone who is starting a New School Year, (sorry those who have been at school for a while Oxford starts late)
Just to say have a great term and good luck with all your work.
You might not hear from me for a while because I will be really busy studying but I wanted to just say hi and bye : )
Hope you all like 'My Week with Marilyn' and i'll keep you posted on 'Perks'.
Love Emma xx
(Please see a picture in the slideshow on the right hand side of the page).


