Niagara (1953)

A goofy but stunning Technicolor Niagara Falls travelogue romcom that is destabilized by the sheer visual awe of Marilyn Monroe and the Hitchcockian murder plot noir she and Cotton sneakily bring with them without the other characters’ knowledge. The actual…

Josh Lewis

lack of score during the climax is so sick — a brash confidence, like wearing a hot pink dress

fran hoepfner

because I have the attention span of a magpie I couldn't tell you a single plot point from this but I COULD tell you about the exact shade of Marilyn's bright shiny lipstick

phoebe 💫

Was too busy still thinking about that shot of Marilyn coming out of the shower with an immaculately painted face that I missed the twist 🤷🏻‍♀️

Liz

Marilyn Monroe is really impressive in this movie. I’m not all that surprised because she was a great actress, but the fact that she could play a sexy femme fatale who is nevertheless hunted and plunged into fear and delirium, and play both sides so well, is not something…

Seemoya 🦕🌷

I put this on last night when a friend was over but stopped before such a terrible fate befalls my girl. Five stars for Marilyn and her fits and walk and what she does with that marvelous face. To watch Marilyn Monroe in motion is to be reminded that she is somehow the…

Angelica Jade Bastién🪼🌷

Henry Hathaway’s “Niagara” loses its sense of noir narrative under a torrent of beauty.  Perhaps the director was at his best when working with grizzled faces in beat up places. The scraggly visages of Victor Mature in “Kiss of Death,” and John Wayne in “True Grit” seemed…

theriverjordan

They just dont make thrillers in technicolour starring Marilyn Monroe like they used to 😔

Anna🍓

Marilyn Monroe’s lipstick could lay empires to ruin.

Cole Duffy