Incredible acting performance
Added 1/31/2010
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.
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Monster (2003) [Blu-ray]
Added 1/22/2010
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.
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The Disappearance of Charlize Theron
Added 11/30/2009
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.
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One of the most haunting movies I've ever seen
Added 9/30/2009
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MOST OUTSTANDING DISPLAY
Added 9/16/2009
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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Incredible acting performance
Added 1/31/2010
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.
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Monster (2003) [Blu-ray]
Added 1/22/2010
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.
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The Disappearance of Charlize Theron
Added 11/30/2009
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.
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