Monster (Special Edition) | 
| Director: Patty Jenkins
Actors: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen, Annie Corley
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  349 reviews
Sales Rank: 60805
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dubbed, Dvd, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 109 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: COLD08958D
ISBN: 1404969233
UPC: 043396089587
EAN: 9781404969230
ASIN: B0006J27X8
Theatrical Release Date: January 30, 2004
Release Date: January 25, 2005
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Product Description
A shockingly moving film that burrows deep beneath the tabloid-sized headline stories of aileen wuornos the man-hating serial killer executed last year in florida. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 03/28/2006 Starring: Charlize Theron Bruce Dern Run time: 109 minutes Rating: R
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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
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The Villian June 13, 2009
D. Allen
This is a very interesting movie! Charlize Theron's performance is 10 out of 10 stars!! Very unique role for her to take on. I particularly liked this movie, because although people don't mention it, this movie takes on the side of the bad guy (or girl I should say).
 Feminist Propaganda June 10, 2009
Michael (Wisconsin, USA)
I call this movie "Feminist propaganda" for the same reason that I would call a similar film, "North Country," the same thing. Look at the plots of both films: victimized female beset by a collection of males that are uniformly evil and disgusting. This is the standard RadFem plotline, which likewise wants to pose lesbian love (good) over against heterosexual love (male rape and abuse).
Anyone who has been exposed to feminist academics over a long period of time comes to recognize this plot coming down the street. The value dialectics go thusly: "Sure she kills men, but as the film shows all males are trash. Sure, she's a monster, but it was males who made her one. Sure, she kills men and is a serial murderer, but all the males in the movie conform to the standard anti-heterosexual-male feminist hatemongering." The portrayals in this film are strictly melodramatic: good girl vs. bad boy, a form of thinking that RadFems specialize in, thus putting on display their own questionable maturity of thought and judgment.
I gave the movie two stars because of the performance of the main actress, which truly succeeded in making her thoroughly repulsive (but don't forget: it's all men's fault. . .)
So much attention to teasing out the finer points of the two female characters' lives, while the male characters are interchangeable and interchangeably seen as having nothing to show but crude behavior. They are characters out of the writings of Andrea Dworkin and Catharine MacKinnon, who deal in the identical plot-line, something MacKinnon in any case has gotten the U. S. federal government to take seriously in its sexual harassment regulations.
When are we going to get films that portray feminists in their true light? That'll be the day.
 Excellent Movie April 6, 2009
Cynthia R. Desilets (Kingman, Arizona)
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!
 Sick Film March 27, 2009
a viewer (antioch, tn United States)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
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.
Wow (very minor implied spoiler) March 24, 2009
Clint D. Hayes (Dallas, TX USA)
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.
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