I love this movie so much

Very disappointing...

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

This movie takes place in a hotel in New York City where Marilyn Monroe plays the roll of a babysitter. Nell (Marilyn Monroe) got out of an institution about a month prior. Her parents sent her there due to her pilot husband dying and her trying to harm herself. Now that she was out, she was living with her uncle who she explained reminded her of how her parents treated her. Nell meets Jed, who is also a pilot, while babysitting and invites him into the room. After spending some time with Nell, Jed comes to find out that Nell is mentally unstable.I was surprised how short this film was, however Marilyn Monroe did a fabulous job acting. Throughout the film it is revealed that you should not judge a book by it's cover.

While the movie was artfully crafted it was not necessarily enthralling. The plot sort of dragged on, only peaking interest with Marilyn's acting. In this film she was slightly deeper than her previous roles, moving beyond simple sex appeal. her role in this film is deeper, darker. She is a babysitter, yet she is involved with a random man. she is deceptive in that she had spent time in a mental institution, she hid this from the bosses. the lighting and cinematography in this film were important in the making of marilyn's character. the shadows kept her hidden in certain points, attaining the certain feel of film noir.

"Don't Bother To Knock" was decently entertaining, if somewhat short. The fact that it's entirely set in one location doesn't help it any - more than halfway through the movie I began to wonder when it'd leave the hotel, but to my surprise (and dismay) it never did. I suppose it turned out to be a very different movie than I was led to believe it was (but that's more the fault of whoever wrote the description for it on Netflix than of the movie itself). I thought it was interesting how Nell's mental illness was portrayed. In some scenes she's detached from reality, in others she borders on deranged (such as when she almost pushes the kid out the window), but in the end she's seen as tragic. I don't know if this is the first film to portray mental illness in such a light, but I'd imagine it's among the first to portray the mentally ill as more than just "crazy."

this movie is pretty good you don't expect Marilyn to be like this in a movie ever. I know people might be disappointed but at the same time its a shocker movie it's not bad it's pretty darn good for a Marilyn movie she plays a psychotic babysitter its hard to explain but you just have to see it for yourself to know. at the same time I feel bad for Marilyn throughout the film if like if you just woke up on the wrong side of the bed you got crazy and that's how it feels its a dark movie? I don't know maybe but if you want to see Marilyn play a suspenseful role this is a movie to check out. if you want something to get set up for this film watch Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" and "rear window" and yes those are both Alfred Hitchcock's films