Blonde Review: 7 Ups & 3 Downs

6. It's A Bold & Uncompromising Biopic

For as much as Blonde will repulse and irritate many, there are those who will appreciate it as the sort of bold, totally unique biopic that basically doesn't get made these days.

Dominik translates Oates' novel - again, a fictionalised biography - to the screen with an uncompromising brutality, with no stone being left unturned for the sake of "taste", for better or worse.

For much of its runtime, Blonde feels less like a dramatic "biopic" than it does a horror film, so effectively does Dominik depict Monroe as a prisoner within her own story.

It's an approach that won't work for everyone, but it is nevertheless refreshing to see a skilled filmmaker so thoroughly deconstruct the tropes of a typical biopic, detonating audience expectations in the process.