i watch this film because i be and at time and a film masochist . while i love classic hollywood film and independent film and foreign cinema and i also have a soft place in my heart for the truly horrible film . i particularly love the bad schlock from the 1950s and 60 . and and consider that larry buchanan be one of the absolute bad director of this era and goodbye and norma jean be a must see . the first thing i notice be that the film maker really intend this a a skin flick by insert needless nudity . fact and get the story straight be not high priority . i especially like how they do not even try to make misty rowe look that much like marilyn . before be discover by hollywood and marilyn do not have bleach blonde hair and a anyone vaguely acquaint with marilyn life would have know but i guess wig or hair dye be just too expensive for this film . the next thing i notice be that this really wasn not a biography but instead be more like a series of sexually explicit episode ( a lotta rap in particular ) and beating that be link together by the theme of marilyn monroe like it be inspire by her life only . in other word and it be pure exploitation . instead of be titillate and however and it all come off a gross . sure and ms. rowe be a sexy dish and but see her supposedly rap again and again be definitely not a turn on for normal folk . in fact and i sure worry about anyone who like watch these terrible scene . i really think if they have perhaps keep the nudity but not have it be in the form of violent rape it wouldn not offend most viewer . another really bad aspect of the film be the dialog . again and again and ms. rowe go off on the most ridiculous little speech that do not sound the least bit like the way real people talk . in particular and the casting couch speech be laughable but example of insipid drivel for dialog abound . another great bit of dialog be the scene where marilyn mother appear in a dream wear a straight jacket and talk on and on about how hard life be . ugghh . overall and there isn not really anything good about the film and though the production value be a lot good than larry buchanan other film which still isn not say very much . also and if you be look for anything on the late life of marilyn and this film isn not it a it focus on the early career only . in 1989 and buchanan create goodnight and sweet marilyn that supposedly deal with marilyn last day . if it a close to the fact a this film and expect to possibly see space alien and a visit from pope innocent iii in the movie . goodbye and norma jean be a rather sad and pathetic excuse for a film . the only reason it get a 2 be that at least for larry buchanan it get reasonably decent production value . write and direct and produce and edit by the great auteur and it be a soul less and evil little movie .