Monster

United States, Germany

2003

109 Min

Color

1.85:1

English

Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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EXEC Andreas Grosch, Stewart Hall, Sammy Lee, Meagan Riley-Grant, Andreas Schmid

PROD Mark Damon, Donald Kushner, Clark Peterson, Charlize Theron, Brad Wyman

CAST Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen, Annie Corley, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Marco St. John, Marc Macaulay, Scott Wilson

MUSIC BT

AFI FEST (Gala), Berlinale (Competition): Best Actress

Synopsis

A dark tale based on the true story of Aileen Wuornos, one of America’s first female serial killers. Wuornos had a difficult and cruel childhood plagued by abuse and drug use in Michigan. She became a prostitute by the age of thirteen, the same year she became pregnant. She eventually moved to Florida where she began earning a living as a highway prostitute—servicing the desires of semi-truck drivers. The tale focuses on the nine month period between 1989 and 1990, during which Wuornos had a lesbian relationship with a woman named Selby. And during that very same time, she also began murdering her clientele in order to get money without using sex. This turned the tables on a rather common phenomena of female highway prostitutes being the victims of serial killers—instead Wuornos, herself, carried out the deeds of a cold-blooded killer. —IMDb

Director

Patty Jenkins

Patricia Lea “Patty” Jenkins (born July 24, 1971) is an American film director and writer. She grew up around the world and attended the AFI Conservatory. She graduated from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1993. The most famous film she has directed to date is Monster, a docudrama about Aileen Wuornos. On July 14, 2011, she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for the pilot of The Killing. She received two nominations for the 2012 DGA Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, one for “Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series” for The Killing and “Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television/Mini-Series” for Five. On January 28, 2012, she won the DGA award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement for a Dramatic Series for the pilot of The Killing. —Wikipedia

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Marco Spínola

23Mar13

monstrous performance by theron

ANC

8Mar13

It's hard to come up with what I liked about this.

Frankly, Mr. Shankly

7Feb13

A part of me wants to love it but the other part says hey that's too manipulative and skin-deep. If I have to be condescending here is only because Theron's performance is really fucking brilliant.

J. O.

29Jan13

A devastating performance from Theron, paired with the beautifully tragic (fictionalized factual) story and gorgeous cinematography makes for an incredible little film. Everything from the eerily accurate performance of Wuornos and the immaculate production design is an example of filmmaking at its most powerful. Ultimately, it is sad and brutal, but has its moments of real tenderness and compassion too.