i must have seen a different film!!

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

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!

In her prime, which because of her death at any early age was all of her cinematic life, Monroe was a gorgeous force of nature very much under-appreciated in her thespianism. Once I adjusted to Logan's directional style and to the rodeo and fish-out-of-water concepts, I really laid back and enjoyed this. Though it doesn't feature Marilyn's best singing--she portrays a bad singer, at least at the start--it does have some of her best acting, as she finds out she's accepted for who she really is. Wish that had happened to her in real life. Don't get me wrong: it's not by any stretch of the imagination a great film. Yet neither is it the mediocrity other people tend to say it is.

BUS STOP centers on "Bo," who views women as things to be conquered, like Broncing Bucks and river rapids. Rather than clubbing a potential mate unconscious, Bo just browbeats, incapacitates, lassos, and kidnaps his chosen "angel," as he calls her. But since his perceived "Cherry" pie actually is sloppy eighths, the screenwriters have no problem letting Bo have his cake, and eat it, too. Now that CHARLIE'S ANGELS and Victoria's Secret have made haloed females synonymous with hookers, it's hard to think back to such a benighted decade when someone such as Bo could be so naive and brutal at the same time. In Real Life, this probably was Norma Jean Baker's (Marilyn Monroe's) final chance to live "happily ever after." Had she chosen to settle down on a ranch in the boondocks with a protective husband such as Joe DiMaggio (as her character "Cherie" does with Bo), Clark Gable might still be alive today. Marilyn had not yet killed him filming THE MISFITS, or drunkenly sang "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" to King Arthur. If she hadn't been bedding half of JFK's cabinet a few years post-BUS STOP, maybe the absence of such a distraction would have allowed CAMELOT to survive longer, along with the thousands killed in Southeast Asia. So it goes.

If you want to see Marilyn Monroe in a good movie, I don't think you want to start here. Though I am surprised by the number of reviewers here that think the film and her performance in it was wonderful. I just didn't see it. Looks aside, Monroe's performance ranged from adequate to somewhat good, but when she sang 'That Old Black Magic', I wondered to myself if she was supposed to sound terrible. To my ear, the song didn't sound good at all.As for Beauregard (Don Murray), well he was enough to make you want to turn the film off just about any time he was on screen. I suppose the director takes some of the blame, but man, he was just plain annoying. I can't believe someone acting like a bull in a china shop just about the whole picture without anyone having to say something about it. Like the scene where he admonishes the crowd in the saloon while Cherie (Monroe) sings her number. His behavior seemed to invite antagonism just about any time he opened his mouth.So with all that said, the finale seemed to come out of left field with Cherie and Bo reconciling their differences and agreeing to get hitched. Considering her aspirations, it would have made more sense for Cherie to head on West to Hollywood like she planned and have Bo find true romance with a sweet girl like Elma (Hope Lange) who shared his background. Seems to me she would have been more at home at the Suzie Q Ranch.