Monster |  | Director: Patty Jenkins
Actors: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen, Annie Corley
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  358 reviews
Sales Rank: 10996
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 109 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D05552D
ISBN: 1404958274
UPC: 043396055520
EAN: 9781404958272
ASIN: B00005JMUK
Theatrical Release Date: January 30, 2004
Release Date: June 1, 2004
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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
Product Description
Charlize Theron (The Italian Job Trapped) explodes in a magnetic Oscar®-winning (Best Actress 2003) performance as convicted killer Aileen Wuornos.Severely abused and unloved Aileen immersed herself in the dangerous world of highway prostitution...until she met Selby Wall (Christina Ricci Sleepy Hollow) a naive girl who was Aileen s last chance at a normal life. But ultimately all Aileen understood was violence and nobody imagined the nightmare that awaited the seven men standing in the way of her happiness. A critically-acclaimed film from writer/director Patty Jenkins. "Academy Award ®" and "Oscar ®" are the registered trademarks and service marks of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.System Requirements:Running Time: 118 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 043396055520 Manufacturer No: 05552
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 Incredible acting performance January 31, 2010
Page W. Foster (Charlottesville, VA)
Charlize Theron goes the extra mile in this film to fully bring to life the lead character. Not only emotionally, but physically portraying the life of this criminal hooker. You can fully understand why her life was led so astray. At points you feel sorry for her and understand the circumstances that could lead a person to these extremes. Not a feel good film for sure, but a gripping story that will keep you involved start to finish.
Monster (2003) [Blu-ray] January 22, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
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. Charlize Theron's performance in this movie is so incredible. It is a sad and moving movie. Never have I felt so disturbed yet riveted by a movie such as this one.
The Disappearance of Charlize Theron November 30, 2009
The JuRK (Our Vast, Cultural Desert)
MONSTER would still be a good movie without Charlize Theron...but after watching it a couple of times, it is fascinating to watch Ms. Theron literally disappear into this serial killer.
For a woman who is used to walking red carpets and gracing magazine covers, she really becomes an ugly, badly-damaged woman hooking along lonely highways. There isn't a false note in any single frame of this movie. She deserved the Academy Award, that's for sure.
From what I've seen in the documentaries about Aileen Wornos, this film humanizes her more, shifts a little away from her mental illness, and makes Christina Ricci's character more attractive, although it keeps her betrayal of Aileen at the end.
This is a sad, frightening story about women on the outside and the lengths they'll go to find love and acceptance in a dark and horrible world. Even cold-blooded murder.
One of the most haunting movies I've ever seen September 30, 2009
Jeremy Gloff (Tampa, Fl United States)
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MOST OUTSTANDING DISPLAY September 16, 2009
Ronnie Hood (MACON GA)
THIS MOVIE IS AN OUTSTANDING DISPLAY OF SOMEONE WHO ALL THEY WANTED WAS TO BE LOVED BY SOMEONE. FOR WHAT SHE DID FOR HER FRIEND SHOWS NO MERCY AS TO WHY SHE DID WHAT SHE DID. THIS IS AN AWESOME MOVIE AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE THAT LIKES TRUE CRIME STORIES.
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