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I saw this film two years ago in my history class, and have rented it five times since then. Irene Papas leads a strong cast in this adaptation of Euripides' play "Iphigenia at Aulis". The beautiful cinematography adds the perfect tone to Papas' frantic search for clarity in a moral dilemma. Papas displays her great talent as an actress, playing the noble queen, the betrayed wife, and terrified mother. A great film.

This intended drama did nothing but make me laugh. Though this film dealt with the struggles of Miss Monroe's life, the methods of which they were conveyed were almost humorous.

Ashley Judd's constant ranting at Mira Sorvino is written in such a disturbingly comical way that you'd expect them to be in a John Waters movie.

Mira Sorvino's portrayal of Marilyn Monroe is equally as funny in a bizarre kind of way. Her persistent use of a faint squeaky voice becomes very annoying, but reaches a peak of humor as she's dragged to a mental hospital.

While laughing at the oddness of this film I'll have to chastise myself for doing so, because despite the bizarre presentation of this film the incidents in it really did happen.

All in all, I would not seek out this movie, but if it were to be on TV, why not watch it? One can use some campy nonsense once in a while.

Yes. I waited for it to make sense. Then the frogs came. It had a strong cast, but it presented itself almost as a soap opera in its use of various vignettes. The whole story with the little boy annoyed me. As did the William H. Macy subplot, which is surprising, since I'm usually a fan of his work. Julianne Moore gives a powerful performance though. I don't mean to be rude when I say this, but director/writer Paul Thomas Anderson should stick to music videos. He does much more justice to that art form.