Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Dalbert Pringle In this decidedly over-exaggerated, 1957 Romantic-Comedy (Ha! Ha! So funny I forgot to laugh) - "American Vulgarity Personified" (that's Monroe's character) meets and is swept off her feet by "Utterly Pretentious Political Refinement" (that's Olivier's character).And what inevitably takes place between this truly tiresome, mismatched twosome has got to be one of the most sickening displays of contrived, slap-dash, screwball shenanigans ever recorded on film.IMO - Not only did Olivier prove (as a director) that he couldn't effectively direct this particular genre of film - But (as an actor) he also proved that he was totally clueless (as a man) about how to really give Monroe (the ultimate, 1950s sex symbol) an honest-to-goodness kiss like he really meant it. It was all just quick, delicate pecks on the lips without ever once demonstrating any intense, sexual intimacy, whatsoever.Anyway - Speaking about the creamy-white, skin-tight dress that Monroe wore throughout most of the story - Man-oh-man! - Did that glitzy outfit ever emphasize the monumental proportions of her ample ass, big-time. Yep. It sure did.

edwagreen Totally wonderful Monroe-Olivier vehicle proving that Olivier could do comedy besides Shakespeare and Monroe showed many of the characteristics she would display with Tony Curtis two years later in "Some Like it Hot."As the queen dowager, or mother-in-law, Sybil Thorndike is a scene stealer in every sense of the word.There is some political intrigue in this dandy film and club actress Monroe is able to cope with it and even advise Olivier.The set decorations are marvelous really depicting 1911 England among the royalty.I enjoyed the way Monroe made a mess of addressing the various British royalty and her knowledge of German sure came in handy.The regent, Olivier, has a well-polished but rebellious son who challenges his father, despite the fact that within 18 months, he shall become king. It's the old story of the father not showing love for his son which Monroe is adept at fixing.How Monroe stays on the scene by being a lady-in-waiting to Thorndike, who takes a like to her, and subsequently attending the coronation of George V1 and attending the coronation ball is a wonder in itself.The couple come far from their chance meeting at the place Monroe is acting in, to a disastrous night of folly together, to love and the ultimate ending of that they were still living in two separate worlds.

SnoopyStyle Grand Duke Charles (Laurence Olivier) is the prince-regent of Carpathia, a fictional Balkan country which could be the cause of a worldwide war. He's in London with his pro-German minor son and the Dowager Queen to attend the coronation of King George V in 1911. British foreign officer Northbrook (Richard Wattis) is tasked with getting him whatever he wants. The Prince is completely taken by the actress Elsie Marina (Marilyn Monroe) at the Coconut Girl Club. Northbrook brings her to a supper for two.Laurence Olivier is very stiff which is his character. He's a tiresome old geezer. He is utterly overshadowed by Marilyn Monroe in every scene. This is a very unlikeable romance. The two characters and actors have no chemistry whatsoever. When it comes, the romance feels forced and uncomfortable. Monroe is great when she's drunk acting. She's magical and the screen loves her. The difference between the two can't be any greater. She is fun and hilarious. The movie grinds down whenever she's not on the screen.

wes-connors Curvaceous American showgirl Marilyn Monroe (as Elsie Marina) is in London as the UK prepares to crown a new King. Arriving for the 1911 coronation is pompous Laurence Olivier (as Charles), the Prince of Carpathia. For amusement, he goes out to see "The Coconut Girl" and meets Ms. Monroe backstage. She is invited to a late night supper party with Mr. Olivier. He hopes sex is on the desert menu, but Monroe prefers romance. On the sidelines are Olivier's formidable but near deaf mother-in-law Sybil Thorndike, his duplicitous teenage son Jeremy Spenser and their British guide Richard Wattis...Olivier and Monroe go together like oil and water. Off screen, it was reportedly more like oil and vinegar. Olivier had he unenviable task of being both co-star and director for the undeniably upstaging actress. Credit Olivier for not getting in the way. Monroe spends most of her screen time poured into a skin-tight dress, looking her absolute best for the beautiful photography provided by Jack Cardiff. Despite pronouncements about serious "method" acting, Monroe relies on her keenly comic "sex symbol" persona. She is more 1957 than 1911, but remains the otherwise lacking and too long story's main asset.***** The Prince and the Showgirl (6/13/57) Laurence Olivier ~ Marilyn Monroe, Laurence Olivier, Sybil Thorndike, Richard Wattis