The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

"Mostly the film presents a banal rehash of established facts and well-circulated rumours..."

"Fascinating material, questionable treatment."

"It's a bit odd how Cooper surrounds a credible journalist’s account with salacious Hard Copy music, cheesy re-enactments and a visual hodgepodge of B-roll and well-worn archival film."

"Stuffing Monroe's life story into the true-crime documentary grinder for a passive shock is just as tabloid-esque as when she was still alive, and just as craven."

"Flimsy and superficial..."

"As well documented as all that was, it's hard to avoid a certain sleaze factor in the telling, and the cheesy reenactments surely don't help."

"Summers’ methods and conclusions are sound, and as a reporter retracing the steps he took 40 years ago, he shows a suitable degree of respect, and sometimes even anguish, for his subject. But much of The Mystery of Marilyn leaves an unpleasant aftertaste."