The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe

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Season 1
  • Network: Lifetime
  • Series Premiere Date: May 30, 2015
Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
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  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Robert Rorke
    Jun 1, 2015
    75
    Although a little sluggishly paced, this miniseries, based on the eponymously titled book by J. Randy Taraborrelli, makes a decent attempt to show why Monroe, born Norma Jeane Mortenson, was never comfortable in her own skin.... Garner gives a surprisingly confident, spunky performance as the Monroe.
  2. Hitfix
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Jun 1, 2015
    67
    Because Garner is the movie, the movie is worth watching, even if it adds little else to the already active Marilyn Monroe conversation.
  3. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    May 29, 2015
    70
    Kelli Garner manages to bring a freshness to her interpretation of Monroe that never feels like caricature.
  5. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    May 29, 2015
    75
    Garner convincingly captures the ill-fated, love-craving blonde bombshell while Sarandon summons up more than a one-note character and Morgan brings DiMaggio back to prideful, brutish life.