Charlize Theron

Christina Ricci

Bruce Dern

Lee Tergesen

Annie Corley

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Marco St. John

Marc Macaulay

Scott Wilson

Rus Blackwell

Tim Ware

Stephan Jones

Brett Rice

Kaitlin Riley

Cree Ivey

Catherine Mangan

Magdalena Manville

T. Robert Pigott

Romonda Shaver

Glenn R. Wilder

Elaine Stebbins

Kane Hodder

Christian Stokes

Lyllian Barcaski

Nonalee Davis

Bubba Baker

Cannonball

Chad Vaccarino

Gene R. Stephenson

Jesse Stern

Billy Boylan

Jim R. Coleman

Chandra Leigh

Lori McDonald

Adam Brown

Ed Donovan

Patty Jenkins

Brad Wyman

Clark Peterson

Donald Kushner

Andreas Grosch

Stewart Hall

Sammy Lee

Meagan Riley-Grant

Andreas Schmid

Steven Bernstein

Arthur Coburn

Jane Kurson

Ferne Cassel

Edward T. McAvoy

Orvis Rigsby

Shawn R. McFall

Rhona Meyers

Mark Damon

Lou Kleinman

Toni G

Zack Davis

John Dunn

Peter J. Devlin

Marc Fishman

Tony Lamberti

Geoffrey G. Rubay

Pamela Lee Incardona

Emae Villalobos

Howard Paar

Brian Bulman

Stephanie Lowell

Gene Page

Grayson Austin

Kathe Swanson

David Alvarado

Brent Morris

Lee Grimes

Terrie Irwin

Rodger Jacobs

Mary Hedges Lampert

Jonah Levy

Carol Rasheed

Yoichi Art Sakamoto

Deborah Brozovich

Jeff Standard

Arie Bohrer

Jimmy Li

Craig W. Richards

Michael Toji

Matthew Waldman

David Allen Cluck

Guy Livneh

Jay Ostrowski

Tony Taylor

Derek W. Tow

Eric Baker

John Balling

Bethany Berry-Weiss

Tammie N. Byers

Cornellius Carroll

Stitch Crisp

Michael Edling

Michael Hendrick

Bret Kane

Jeff 'J.Mac' McDonald

James Parker

James B. Perdue

Alan S. Reynolds

Karen Rigsby

Gene Siegmund

Mary Jo Snyder

John Tegethoff

Andrew Wert

Dan Wilkerson

Jim S. Williams

Douglas Winters

Rex Christensen

Steven Barkan

John Bires

John Cannon

Kevin Cerchiai

Scott Clements

Robert Deschaine

Jeff Glueck

Carey Milbradt

Andy Potvin

Tami Treadwell

Karen Vassar Triest

David Young

Steve Bartkowicz

Matt Colleran

Phillip Beck

Ron Keller

Crime

Drama

Monster

Newmarket Films

Media 8 Entertainment

DEJ Productions

K/W Productions

Denver & Delilah Productions

VIP 2 Medienfonds

MDP Worldwide

United States of America

English

We can be as different as we wanna be, but you can't kill people!

Monster is the bleak story of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute and one of America's most notorious female serial killers. Based around facts of her life and death, the film primarily focuses on the last year of her freedom. Where after entering into a strange lesbian relationship with Selby Wall, Wuornos, fed up of being a abused by men, starts killing those calling on her services.

Sad and potent is Patty Jenkins' first full length directorial effort. Though perhaps a touch guilty of pandering to Wuornos' own self created "monster" image, the film none the less has the right blend of sympathy and revulsion to make it a fascinating, if uneasy, experience. Former model Charlize Theron goes through a major transformation to become Wuornos, so much so she's practically unrecognisable. Bulked up in weight and with beaten down make up withering her face, Theron goes on to give a towering performance as the troubled, on the edge killer. 

Without any thrills or hints of histrionics, Theron is uncompromising throughout the picture. To garner empathy with such an abrasive character is quite a trick, then to switch to monstrosity with conviction seconds later? Well that's almost magical in itself. Theron is backed up well by Christina Ricci as Selby. Selby Wall, an immature young lady oblivious to the dark path she is walking down, is given a great portrayal from Ricci. In light of the powerhouse show from Theron, it's much credit to Ricci that she enhances the film with her own delicate characteristics. Helping to emphasise the strangeness of the union in the process.

It's a tough film for sure, and come the final credits one is left with a feeling of sympathy towards Wuornos and the life she lived. If that be right or wrong is of course up to the individual viewer. Or if that was even Jenkins' intention is probably up for debate. But Monster exists and survives as a bitter character study of a desperate woman, which through the medium of cinema, makes us the viewers privy to something very edgy indeed. 7.5/10

Andre Gonzales

The movie was alright. It was more of a sadistic type of love story. What they failed to capture is really how nuts she was. Like do less of a love story and more of her psychoness. The bitch was crazy! All the crazy interviews with her and all the outbursts she did in court, where's that? This movie almost tried to make you feel sorry for her when they really didn't show just how crazy she really was.

Patty Jenkins on filming MONSTER

MONSTER -  Trailer ( 2003 )

Monster

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