Review : Monster: The true-life story of Aileen Wuornos

I just returned from seeing Monster
Featuring: Charlize Theron , Bruce Dern , Christina Ricci
and this movie was very disturbing and incredibly believable

If any one is familiar with the true-life story of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute executed in 2002 in Florida after being convicted of murdering six men. then you already know her terrible life and Charlize Theron depicted her perfectly.she should defiantly be nominated for a Oscar if not the winner for best actress from this performance.

I give it 4 out of 5 stars

wow ! am I the only person takin a chance on this movie?

I just watched Charlize Theron except a golden globe award for best actress in a drama movie(monster),she was cute by how humbled she was..I was so happy for her! now this should be a precursor for the academy yay!

Originally posted by badkittykitty
wow ! am I the only person takin a chance on this movie?

Nah, this movie was beyond amazing.

Charlize became Aileen, and it was remarkable. And making a film that has the audience become emotionally attached is a hard thing to do. 5/5

I snuck into Monster after seeing Master And Commander, (which is my fav film for the Oscars) and Monster was amazing. Charleze totally deserves the Oscar for putting herself out there like she did. What's her name deserves best supporting actress as far as I'm concerned, damn, what is her name??? The chick from Casper????

christina ricci lol! yeah she was awesome too!

I've heard it's damn good from alot of people, I'll rent it when it comes out. It sounds somewhat similar to Henry - Portrait of a Serial Killer, which is the greatest serial killer movie ever made. I recommend you go rent that if you liked monster.

Originally posted by BackFire
I've heard it's damn good from alot of people, I'll rent it when it comes out. It sounds somewhat similar to Henry - Portrait of a Serial Killer, which is the greatest serial killer movie ever made. I recommend you go rent that if you liked monster.

I know, I'm also very interested in the psyche of serial killers, whenever there is a special on murderers I can't help but watch.

Seriously, check out Henry - Portrait of a Serial Killer, great movie.

I definatly will BF,sounds right up my alley!

Just wanted to say, after seeing "Monster" today, this movie literally wipes the floor with "Henry"'s ass.

I don't know that I have ever felt so intrigued, yet uncomfortable at the same time in my life while seeing a movie..but Charlize deserves anything she gets for the movie.

I haven't seen it but from what I hear it was awesome... And Charlize seems like a nice gal in real life... At the Oscars she seemed genuinely surprised when she won. I thought it was kind of funny how she said "Now that everyone in New Zealand has been thanked, I'd like to thank everyone in South Africa" or whatever it was she said

I kinda wanted that 13 year old to win Best Actress just cos it would've been cool but Charlize really deserved it

aint a bad movie, not my thing tho

theron plays very well tho

Monster, its like the celluloid equivilant to fools gold, or maybe even substantial amounts of crap. The only redeeming factor of the movie was Theron's performance, everything else, though apparently based on actual incidents, still felt atrociously forced and bland. Not disturbing, it didn't really effect me at all. The script was cliched and the direction was mediocre at best. Plus, in terms of people and theories, it falls flat on its ugly face. I have never looked so many times at my watch than i did during this movie.

barlely passable entertainment:
4.5/10

oh, and Henry will always be the winner compared to the peice of decomposing garbage. That was emotional stimulating, tense, and depressing. This was just....uh.....well, you know, whats the word i am looking for here....

..and you think "Dawn of the Dead" is crap too. Not many people are going to take stock in anything you say, you'll soon come to find out.

I really don't care what "people are goiing to take stock" to, its a review right? i gave reason for not liking both movies.

do you really think, that if you want to see a good, hilarious, social satire about consumerism, the first movie the pops into people's head is "Dawn of the Dead"?
I think i just saw that movie again on DVD and i still just remember the gore hilarity and the screw-driver in the ear. All great, just intented for other stuff.

Monster alike.

That's fine, but from all your reviews, this included, you come off as not enjoying movies, period. Just saying you're certainly in the minority when it comes to "Monster", anyway. Not sure how other serial killer movies, fictional or not, can cliche an individual's true story.

And personally, I don't know of another movies that pokes fun at commercialism, Pre-1976, since that was the age of said social stigma.

i enjoy movies that are different and have a certain edge. a breath fresh air, if you will.
plus, just because Dawn of the Dead was the first of its kind in consumerism, doesn't mean it was the best. doesn't even mean it was good.

"and another thing", fact based individual stories are great. but some are better than others, but who really knows for sure what actually happened right? it could have been tailored for the movie. Personally, i just think Henry, or even American Psycho are better seriel killer movies. Even though they all suck, out of the bunch Monster is the worst. IN MY OPINION.

I can't wait to see Monster too. I'm also a fan of serial killer movies where they delve into what makes them tick. Is Henry-Portrait of a serial killer based on a true story?

yeah, it is "based on true events".
uh, i don't really know what the difference is, but i know for sure that Henry is infinitley better than the terrible Monster.