Monster

Monster
by Patty Jenkins

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Actor: Annie Corley, Bruce Dern, Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Lee Tergesen
Director: Patty Jenkins
Brand: Sony
Producer: Charlize Theron
Writer: Patty Jenkins
Producer: Andreas Grosch
Producer: Andreas Schmid
Producer: Brad Wyman
Producer: Brent Morris
Producer: Clark Peterson
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 109 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-06-01
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures

DVD Reviews of Monster

DVD Review: Excellent Movie
Summary: 5 Stars

This is an execellent movie. It is very close to the details of the crimes Aileen Wournos committed. The acting was fantastic. Charleze Theron did a tremendous acting job as Aileen.
This is a movie worth watching!

DVD Review: Sick Film
Summary: 1 Stars

This is a true story based on the serial killings of Aileen Wournos, a prostitute. I can't add to the reviews here...they've pretty much covered everything about the movie.

THe only thing I will add is that in my estimation, this is the kind of film that gives Hollywood a bad name and promotes unhealthy morals and values. A film where every other word is the "F" word or "G...D..."....and there is explicit homosexual sex..(graphic hetero sex is bad enough)and...look, I'm gay myself, but I don't like to have it crammed down my throat.

It is a disturbing film....NOT FOR CHILDREN>>>OR ADOLESCENTS.....the acting by Theron is good...she does scare the fire out of you with her performance but the profanity was unnecessary. I find it hard to sympathize with Christina Ricci's character...she's too whiny and childish. Please avoid this film at all costs.

DVD Review: Wow (very minor implied spoiler)
Summary: 4 Stars

As with many people, my main draw to this film was the acclaim for Charlize Theron's performance. Well, that and the physical transformation. Unlike some, at least, though, that transformation didn't distract me from her performance because both are just so superbly well done. Charlize the model is so completely removed in sight and psyche that I ceased to think about it. I simply watched an amazing and, yes, Oscar-worthy performance. This is a tremendous acting achievement from someone who heretofore had precious little to indicate this level of potential. As I say, wow.

I can understand where some might find Theron's performance a little over the top, but personally I didn't think so. Knowing nothing of the real Aileen Wuornos, it struck me as merely the grandiosity of someone whose self has become so stretched beyond the bounds of normal behavior. I also understand but disagree with the opinion of some that the movie dismisses Wuornos' crimes behind so much PC victimology. The unfortunate truth is that whereas many killers are in fact born with an evil bone (and I'll brook no arguments that they aren't), some are indeed bred to it by circumstance. This doesn't excuse their behavior, it merely explains its source, which is what I believe Monster does very well. I think in the scenes where she does feel pity and shows mercy, the movie illustrates that Aileen does indeed know right from wrong, so that later, when she doesn't show that mercy, it's clear she's consciously chosen the wrong, and for the wrong reasons. I just didn't get from the movie the message that she didn't deserve her punishment.

The only minor negative I found in the movie was Christina Ricci's performance. That's not to say it wasn't good, but it struck me as merely that. In retrospect I think she could have occupied the role better. Though in all fairness to her, it may be only that Charlize is so good, Christina by comparison comes off as merely effective.

This is a difficult movie to watch, no doubt about it. It's one of those I'd usually choose to watch on video at home, due to the almost voyeuristic nature of watching something so intensely personal. But I didn't want to wait to check out Charlize's performance. I'd suggest others do the same. The movie is excellent--literally, directorially, musically--but Charlize Theron is outstanding. Go check her out. If you can find her.

DVD Review: Disturbing, but superb acting
Summary: 5 Stars

Charlize Theron really gets inside the mind and physical personna of the serial killer here. The makeup job is phenomenal, and she gained 30 pounds for the role. Christina Ricci, too, is fantastic as the dim-witted girlfriend. This movie perfectly captures the sleazy Florida underside where Aileen Wuornos operated. That doesn't make this movie easy to watch. It's not. It's a deeply disturbing film that is more art than entertainment.

DVD Review: Paused in 3 Areas
Summary: 3 Stars

When I received this DVD it was damaged in three different areas. I phoned Amazon and received the UP MOST service and was credited back the full amount of the movie. I continue to shop Amazon with full confidence.

Description of Monster

Based on the true story of a female serial killer.

Critics have universally praised Charlize Theron's performance in Monster, and the praise, for once, is astonishingly deserved. The gorgeous star of The Italian Job and The Cider House Rules vanishes into the character of Aileen Wuornos, a real-life serial killer and prostitute who murdered at least seven men in Florida. Monster traces her relationship with a young woman named Selby (Christina Ricci, The Ice Storm, Buffalo?66), which intertwines with Wuornos's murder spree. This remarkable movie finds compassion for Wuornos but unflinchingly faces her brutal crimes; Theron expresses this woman's horrific life history without softening her terrifying, dead-eyed stare. This is a gripping, devastating performance, a physical and psychological transformation comparable to Robert DeNiro's in Raging Bull. The movie's moral and emotional complexity wouldn't succeed without this searing performance--but succeed it does, and it will stick with you for some time afterward. --Bret Fetzer

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