You won't be disappointed!

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Even with one of the most beautiful women of all time, this movie is almost unwatchable because of the awful accents.

Being a Marylin Monroe fan I expecting so much more from this film, and admittedly I barely read the synopsis as her being in it was enough for me to watch, however half way through I found myself pressing information on my remote control to find out what was going on, only to see it being described as a 'Romantic Comedy' I was so confused, not once had I laughed and I had yet to see any romance blossom between Marylin's character 'Cherie' and Don Murray who played an obnoxious cowboy called 'Beau' and who I can only describe as a deranged fool who basically began to stalk Marylin, and then even went as far as kidnapping her. Obviously the 50's were completely different to now, but even the dumbest person would not condone this man's behaviour. On occasions I began to zone out just imagining how this sort of film would go down in 2016, I mean there's even one scene where she speaks of marrying her cousin! I feel this fails to please me on a romantic level and if anything it just left me feeling sorry for Marylin's character, and not only that but I found myself becoming very angry just urging someone to punch 'Beau' in the face, so as you can imagine I wasn't best pleased with this crazy ending to a Disappointing film of it's time. I still love Marylin, however even her performance was ropey, her accent was inconsistent and like others have said, why was she so white?! This film left me feeling confused, uncomfortable and dissatisfied. It failed to give me that warm, fuzzy feeling you get after watching a 'romcom' so before you consider watching this, if you're looking for romance reach for something else!

Rodeo cowboy Beauregard Decker (Don Murray) is a stubborn naive idiot. He takes the bus to Phoenix for the rodeo. His friend Virgil Blessing encourages him to talk to girls but he doesn't have much experience. In Phoenix, singer Chérie (Marilyn Monroe) at the Blue Dragon Cafe, who is aiming to go to Hollywood, is forced to hustle Virgil to pay for her drinks. Bo falls for her right away. She likes him but has no intention of marrying him or going back to Montana with him. He keeps ignorantly dragging her around expecting to get married. She tries to run away to Los Angeles but he literally ropes her like cattle and force her onto the bus to Montana.This is dumb and dumber, the rom-com. I find Beau to be very annoying in his clueless childishness. First, he's a clingy stalker. Then he becomes a full blown kidnapper. I really feel sorry for Chérie. While I understand the attempt to out-dumb Marilyn Monroe, Beau needs to be a lovable dunce. To top it off, he also has that loud mouth and bad singing. Monroe is relatively good but I just hate him so much. I guess he's playing the fool but he fails to find the balance... any balance... any sense that there is a balance. He is all idiot and no likability.

This movie departs significantly from the original William Inge script. The original play is a part drama/part satire on the nature of relationships and there are six principal characters: the chanteuse, the cowboy, the owner of the bus stop, the bus driver, the waitress and the older male customer. Plus the entire play is set in a diner. Joshua Logan takes this play and transforms it into a wide-screen extravaganza showcasing the looks and talents of Marilyn Monroe. If anyone has any doubts about Ms. Monroe's ability to act, this movie should dispel those doubts. She dominates the movie and is in almost every scene. Don Murray and Arthur O'Connell also give strong performances, but it's Ms. Monroe's movie all the way.