‘Blonde’ drops out of Netflix US Top 10 chart

For the second week in a row, Luckiest Girl Alive topped the Netflix Top 10 Film Chart globally. The mystery thriller film starring Mila Kunis was the most-watched movie with 57,010,000 hours viewed for the week starting October 10 and ending on October 16.

.Starring Ana de Armas, the film is continuing to divide viewers and critics with its retelling of Marilyn Monroe's life, spanning everything from her to her untimely death in 1962.And as one of the most iconic women of all time, interest in Marilyn Monroe's beauty regime is hitting an all-time high with the launch of the film. We have had, and perhaps always will have, an insatiable obsession with the image of Marilyn Monroe so it's little surprise that her iconic look is influencing modern day beauty trends.

Blonde, the Marilyn Monroe biopic, premiered on Netflix and it took the second spot on the charts. The Ana de Armas-starring movie got an 11-minute standing ovation when it was screened at the Venice Film Festival.

Blonde author Joyce Carol Oates has defended the new Ana de Armas biopic.The Netflix film, which “blurs the lines of fact and fiction” on Marilyn Monroe’s life, has proved divisive since its release last week. While de Armas’ performance has been praised, many have suggested that the film is exploitative of Monroe.Oates, who wrote the book that the film is based on, came to its defence by calling it a “brilliant work of cinematic art obviously not for everyone”.“I think it was/is a brilliant work of cinematic art obviously not for everyone,” she tweeted.

The Netflix release of “Blonde” has been met with controversy over director Andrew Dominik’s depiction of Marilyn Monroe (played by Ana de Armas), with critics and viewers alike slamming the film using such descriptives as “sexist,” “exploitative,” “detestable” and “cruel.”

Emily Ratajkowski has some harsh words about Blonde.

BreAnna Bell After making its Netflix debut on Sept. 28, Andrew Dominick’s “Blonde” has received an intense wave of criticism among viewers for several reasons, largely centering on its depiction and fictionalization of Marilyn Monroe’s life, which has been described as “exploitative.” Now Planned Parenthood has released a statement against the film, alleging it contributes to “anti-abortion propaganda.” In the film, based on Joyce Carol Oates’ novel of the same title, Monroe (played by Ana de Armas) is seen being forced to go through two illegal abortions, both of which leave a lasting scar on the Hollywood star. One scene in particular shows Monroe talking to a photoreal CGI version of her unborn fetus, which sympathetically questions her about its own fate asking, “You won’t hurt me this time, will you?” 

The negative reactions to the new Marilyn Monroe biopic just keep rolling in, with the latest one coming from a celeb!

Ellise Shafer “Blonde” author Joyce Carol Oates, who penned the biographical fiction novel that the Netflix film is based on, has weighed in on the discourse surrounding Andrew Dominik’s controversial portrait of Marilyn Monroe. On Friday, Oates answered some burning questions from fans via Twitter, including about backlash the film has received that it exploits Monroe’s trauma. Dubbed a fictionalized retelling of the movie star’s life and untimely death, “Blonde” loosely recreates several tragedies during the life of Monroe (Ana de Armas), including the abuse she endured from her mother and the sexual assaults she experienced in Hollywood. In addition to fan outrage on social media, the movie has also been panned by several film critics, including The New York Times’ Manohla Dargis, who wrote in her review: “Given all the indignities and horrors that Marilyn Monroe endured during her 36 years, it is a relief that she didn’t have to suffer through the vulgarities of ‘Blonde,’ the latest necrophiliac entertainment to exploit her.”

Note: The following contains spoilers for the ending of “Blonde” and discussion of self-harm.Filmmaker Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn Monroe film “Blonde” is now streaming on Netflix after years of anticipation and controversy, and when it comes to depicting Monroe’s demise at the end of the movie, Dominik had to make a decision about what he believed happened to her.As the film comes to a close, Ana de Armas’ Marilyn Monroe is in a fragile emotional state when she receives a package from former lover Cass (Xavier Samuel), which he left to her when he died. The box contains a memento from her childhood and a letter which reads, “There never was a Tearful father,” suggesting all those letters she received from her “father” were from him.

Despite "Blonde" topping the Netflix chart since its streaming release on Wednesday, the film is facing criticism from viewers.  "Blonde," which is based on a fictional take on the life of Marilyn Monroe, is played by Cuban actress Ana de Armas.  The film’s director, Andrew Dominik, is receiving heat, as subscribers view his work as "hideous," while being "exploitative" and "sexist." Critics took to Twitter to express their review of the biopic, as one user writes, "Marilyn Monroe deserves more than #Blonde." Marilyn Monroe deserves more than #Blonde pic.twitter.com/llpU5KhXxC— Rebecca Rideal (@RebeccaRideal) September 29, 2022 "I had the extreme misfortune of watching ‘Blonde’ on Netflix last night and let me tell you that movie is so anti-abortion, so sexist, so exploitative," Steph Herold, an abortion researcher at the University of California, San Francisco tweeted. Despite "Blonde" topping the Netflix chart since its streaming release on Wednesday, the film is facing criticism from viewers.  (Getty Images) "Cannot recommend it LESS.

Netflix viewers have called a scene in Andrew Dominik’s Blonde “horrifying”, as it fictionalises Marilyn Monroe performing oral sex on JFK.After the film was released on Netflix on Wednesday (September 28), users took to social media to call out the “insane” scene.The Daily Beast journalist Marlow Stern shared an article detailing the “horrifying” scene in which John F Kennedy rapes Monroe, which was fictionalised by director Andrew Dominik.let's talk about arguably the most horrifying scene in 'blonde': jfk's rape of marilyn monroe https://t.co/Gp5aeo2SIi— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) September 16, 2022Another viewer called the JFK scene “insane” and added: “andrew dominik you’re going to hell.”One person took to social media after watching the film to call out the “degrading” scene. They wrote: “Oh my God! 2 hours and 10 minutes into #Blonde I’m wondering why it’s NC-17 then comes the JFK scene for the most degrading depiction of Marilyn Monroe.”Take a look at some more reactions here:Why would the film #Blonde fabricate a graphic rape of #MarilynMonroe by #JFK? Disgusting exploitation.

Zack Sharf Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde,” starring Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe, skyrocketed to the top of Netflix’s movie chart after its first day available to stream, but the NC-17 drama is leaving many subscribers outraged. The film may have been the talk of the Venice Film Festival with its 14-minute standing ovation, but critics and viewers are calling it “sexist,” “cruel” and “one of the most detestable movies” ever made. “Given all the indignities and horrors that Marilyn Monroe endured during her 36 years, it is a relief that she didn’t have to suffer through the vulgarities of ‘Blonde,’ the latest necrophiliac entertainment to exploit her,” wrote The New York Times film critic Manohla Dargis, who panned the movie in her review.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor In the end, an old-fashioned filmmaking trick involving heated cardboard helped costume designers re-create Marilyn Monroe’s famous pleated halter dress from “The Seven Year Itch” for Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde.” “On paper, it looks easy,” says “Blonde” costume designer Jennifer Johnson, who worked on many of Monroe’s looks — including that one — for the movie, which is now streaming on Netflix. She started by outfitting the film’s star, Ana de Armas, with a facsimile of the dress from a costume house. “It looked cute,” but it wasn’t right, says Johnson.