Pure Marilyn

Rating: 7/10 (2 November 2017)

(Flash Review)
Posing as women in order to become part of an all-female music group in order to elude Chicago gangsters is quite the foundation for this late 50's comedic romp. Wrong place, wrong time for two blokes who witness gangstersÂ….erÂ….umÂ….doing business and run away after they are spotted is how the movie starts out. While it starts off rather serious it quickly switches to a screwball comedy with a gluttony of gags around the two guys trying to keep their female cover within the band as long as they can while not getting aroused (double entendre) as they befriend Marilyn's character. How long will they be able to keep their cover and their lips off Marilyn? Will those Chicago gangsters ever catch wind of their whereabouts? Overall the plot was fine, nothing great. Light and corny jokes, telegraphed awkward scenes and many scenes that accentuate Marilyn's spectrum of skills. A showpiece for Marilyn's fame.