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Monster
Monster
Actors: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen, Annie Corley
Director: Patty Jenkins
Genres: Drama, Mystery & Suspense
R     2004     1hr 49min

A SHOCKINGLY MOVING FILM THAT BURROWS DEEP BENEATH THETABLOID-SIZED HEADLINE STORIES OF AILEEN WUORNOS, THE MAN-HATING SERIAL KILLER EXECUTED LAST YEAR IN FLORIDA.
     
     

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Actors: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen, Annie Corley
Director: Patty Jenkins
Creators: Charlize Theron, Patty Jenkins, Andreas Grosch, Andreas Schmid, Brad Wyman, Brent Morris, Clark Peterson
Genres: Drama, Mystery & Suspense
Sub-Genres: Drama, Mystery & Suspense
Studio: Sony Pictures
Format: DVD - Color,Widescreen,Anamorphic - Closed-captioned,Subtitled
DVD Release Date: 06/01/2004
Original Release Date: 01/30/2004
Theatrical Release Date: 01/30/2004
Release Year: 2004
Run Time: 1hr 49min
Screens: Color,Widescreen,Anamorphic
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Total Copies: 11
Members Wishing: 0
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Languages: English
Subtitles: Spanish

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Member Movie Reviews

K. K. (GAMER)
Reviewed on 1/17/2022...
This is one based on a true story that is so brutal at times that I never want to watch or think about it again. Charlize Theron literally transform into a monster and don't even know that it was her.
Sharon F. (Shar) from AVON PARK, FL
Reviewed on 1/17/2022...
Excellent performance by Charlize Theron who is unrecognizable in this film. A little violent at times, but excellent storyline, based on a true story.
0 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Rachel W. from DELANSON, NY
Reviewed on 9/24/2011...
This movie is underated...Charlize Theron is unrecognizable as herself in this movie and a great and believable actress. Powerful, moving and sad. Based on a true story. Leaves you reconsidering who the real victim is.
2 of 3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Sharon C. (Sierrastar) from BLYTHEWOOD, SC
Reviewed on 9/13/2011...
I think it was good acting by Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci. The main character was eventually executed in real life for the crimes she committed. She was a real man hater and her victims found that fact out much too late.
2 of 3 member(s) found this review helpful.

Movie Reviews

"The Best Performance By Any Actress"
Terry Richard | Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada | 04/21/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Critics and film audiences applauded Charlize Theron's revivting performance in 2003's "Monster" which documents the real-life incidents of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute who went on a killing rampage in the late eighties and early nineties, eventually murdering 7 men. The film details the torment Aileen went through as a young girl, feeling unloved and abused, to the point that she became a street walker. Instead of feeling hatred for Aileen we feel for her as the movie makes the viewer realize the anger and torment a person goes through to get to the point of becoming a prostitute. Even the fact that she becomes a killer still doesn't make us hate her, as there is one terrifying scene where she is raped and battered by a john in the isolated woods. In order to survive she kills this man, which is the starting off point of her murderous rampage. The film is a lesson for us all as we see how society can be insensitive and crue to people, and its that insensitivity that can eventually make monsters out of people. Theron won a well-deserved Academy Award for her portrayal; in the film she gained 30 pounds and wore fake teeth to alter her Hollywood glamorous look. Most critics, even Roger Ebert, stated that Theron gives the greatest performance of any actress in any year. In one word her portrayal is spellbinding. The blueray comes with the trailer, a featurette, and interviews with Patty Jenkins who wrote the screenplay as well as directed the film."