Switch Categories
SwitchPlanet
Switchbuc Calculator
FAQs| Switchbucs | Switcher | Switches | Switcher Rating | |
| 10 | Stella Disc, Artwork |
399 | 130 ![]() |
[ Buy It ] |
| 7 | classicrock909 Disc, Artwork, Case |
401 | 118 ![]() |
[ Buy It ] |
| 9 | becalil Disc, Artwork, Case |
73 | 40 ![]() |
[ Buy It ]
[ View Notes ] |
| 9 | rogerrobert69 Disc, Artwork |
327 | 130 ![]() |
[ Buy It ] |
| 6 | snap Disc, Artwork, Case |
162 | 81 ![]() |
[ Buy It ] |
| 9 | Bruce Disc |
40 | 27 ![]() |
[ Buy It ]
[ View Notes ] |
January 30, 2004
January 30, 2004
Sony Pictures
R (Restricted)
Patty Jenkins
Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen, Annie Corley, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Marco St. John, Marc Macaulay, Scott Wilson, Rus Blackwell, Tim Ware, Stephan Jones, Brett Rice, Kaitlin Riley, Cree Ivey, Catherine Mangan, Magdalena Manville, T. Robert Pigott, Romonda Shaver, Glenn R. Wilder
"I thought the documentary of Aileen Wuornos was much better. Kudos though, to Charlize Theron for allowing herself to be photographed looking so terrible. Normally a death sentence for a female actress."
- AvidReader, gave it a 2/5
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 - Amazon.com