• Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: May 13, 2001
Metascore
51

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 12
  2. Negative: 3 out of 12

Critic Reviews

  1. Houston Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Ann Hodges
    Jan 24, 2022
    83
    The surprise is, Blonde's retelling of what's already an offensively oft-told tale is absolutely irresistible. [27 May 2001]
  2. Reviewed by: John Leonard
    Jan 24, 2022
    70
    As DiMaggio, Titus Welliver is so perfect we want more of him.
  3. Reviewed by: Steven Oxman
    Jan 24, 2022
    70
    On the one hand it's just another in a long line of biographical portraits of Hollywood royalty, a genre back in vogue following ABC's successful Judy Garland pic. But this film about the life of Marilyn Monroe can be surprising in the depth of its dark examination into the psyche of its subject.
  4. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Phil Rosenthal
    Jan 24, 2022
    63
    It's entertaining at times, but it's not like we haven't seen it before. [11 May 2001, p.59]