20 Worst Movies Of 2022
18. Blonde
How does any filmmaker screw up an adaptation about Marilyn Monroe's life? Because of Blonde's bafflingly bad script, not even Ana De Armas' towering performance as the beloved blonde bombshell can salvage it.
Considering Norma Jeane was a superstar who slept with a president and celebrities, you'd think there would be more than enough material to incorporate into the story.
Instead, Blonde crafts many fictional and implausible scenarios that come across as nasty and sexually exploitive. Rather than depicting Monroe as a deeply intelligent but flawed woman, her struggles come across as shallow and soulless.
If you're a diehard Monroe fan, that's all the more reason to steer away from this travesty. It gets so many fundamental things wrong about the adored actress, you wonder why the filmmakers bothered to make it in the first place.