Review: Monster
An understanding of how society uses - and, more importantly, misuses - the term "monster" offers crucial insight into the intentions of first ...
Reelviews - James Berardinelli
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A Murderous Journey To Self-Destruction
The NY Times review of Monster, a Patty Jenkins film starring Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci. Monster movie trailer, showtimes, ...
The New York Times - Stephen Holden - 12/24/03
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Theron gets gritty as prostitute murderer in 'Monster'
Until now, Charlize Theron has been a good actress underserved by mediocre Hollywood films casting her as long-legged drapery for the male lead. ...
San Francisco Chronicle - Carla Meyer - 12/26/03
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Slay Ride
A de-prettified Charlize Theron gives an Oscar-worthy performance as real-life serial killer Aileen Wuornos. Yes, the physical transformation she ...
New York Post - Megan Lehmann - 12/24/03
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Monster performances
Big girls do cry. In her bio-pic Monster, filmmaker Patty Jenkins tries to explain what turned Florida highway prostitute Aileen Wuornos into a ...
Canoe.ca - LOUIS B. HOBSON - 01/23/04
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Review: MONSTER
Former model Charlize Theron underwent a remarkable physical transformation to play hardscrabble murderess Aileen Wuornos in first-time feature ...
TV Guide - Maitland McDonagh
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BBC - Films - Monster
Charlize Theron gives an Oscar-winning performance in a straightforward drama about the serial killer Aileen Wuornos. A downbeat, worthy drama, ...
BBC - Nev Pierce - 03/29/04
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Review: Monster
Aileen Lee Wuornos was taken into custody on January 8, 1991 for the murder of six men along the Florida highways. Labeled as America s first ...
Film Threat - Mark Sells
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Review: Monster (2003)
In the world of today, right is right, wrong is wrong, and someone who kills another person in cold blood is instantly viewed as an evil, ...
TheMovieBoy.com - Dustin Putman - 01/10/04
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Review: Monster
It is a rare thing to watch an actor give a career-defining performance and know it at the time, but such is the case with Charlize Theron and her ...
Kinnopio.com - Craig Roush
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Look in if you dare
Last fall, a convicted killer named Aileen Wuornos was executed in Florida for the murders of six men. At the time, the former prostitute had been ...
Canoe.ca - LIZ BRAUN - 01/16/04
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Review: Monster
Patty Jenkins Monster shines its headlights onto the gruesome wreckage that piles up when romantic, youthful ideals are shattered by desperation ...
Film Threat - KJ Doughton
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Review: Monster (2003)
In Hollywood, beauty can get you hired, but it doesn t always get you the awards, Supporting Actress Oscars notwithstanding. ...
CultureVulture.net - George Wu - 01/20/04
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Review: Monster
In the astonishingly nifty new picture from writer-director Patty Jenkins, Charlize Theron undergoes a couple of extreme makeovers: There is, ...
Film Threat - Rick Kisonak
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Review: Monster
Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci in Monster A virtually unrecognizable Charlize Theron delivers a visceral and gut-wrenching performance as a ...
Palo Alto Online - Jeanne Aufmuth
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Review: Monster
Thank God that Monster , the fictionalized story of serial killer Aileen Wuornos , wasn t made back in the 1990s, when filmmakers just couldn t ...
FilmCritic.com - Chris Barsanti
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Movie Review for Monster - 2004-04-12
Remember the days when hookers wore makeup? Back when they were so beautiful, that at any moment Richard Gere could pull up in a limo and wisk ...
Cinema Blend - Joshua Tyler - 04/12/04
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Review: Monster
You rub your eyes. this can't be Charlize Theron, a babe incarnate, most recently in The Italian Job . Here, as Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute ...
Rolling Stone - Editorial Review
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Review: Monster
Charlize Theron pours herself into the body and mind of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Patty Jenkins' devastating directing debut. ...
Salon - Stephanie Zacharek - 12/25/03
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Review: Monster
Charlize Theron came on the scene in 1996, with small roles in "That Thing You Do!" and "2 Days in the Valley." She has appeared in 17 more films ...
EricDSnider.com - Eric D. Snider
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MONSTER Film Review
In the biopic "Monster," an unrecognizable Charlize Theron portrays the nation's first female serial killer. Through makeup, a dental piece and a ...
Boxoffice Online - Annlee Ellingson
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'Monster' role makes quite an impact
The Boston Globe - Ty Burr, Globe Staff
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Brilliant performance in an average movie
Pros Charlize Theron Cons Questionable message The Bottom Line This is an average movie but the performance of Charlize Theron is brilliant. ...
Epinions - sasa_sur - 08/26/04
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Desperate Minds
Pros Theron, Ricci, Jenkins's script and direction Cons May be hard to sympathize with the title character The Bottom Line A compelling look at ...
Epinions - pmills1210 - 03/20/04
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Charlize Theron Will Chill Your Blood in MONSTER
Pros ... Cons ... The Bottom Line Bonechilling...it's awesome. There aren't many movies that can get away with making an audience completely ...
Epinions - allthatmovies
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