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Mood:
- BleakGloomyRoughCaptivatingTenseDisturbingEmotionalSuspenseful
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Plot:
- ProstituteSerial KillerSocial MisfitsPsychologicalDestructive RelationshipCrimesDeadlyGender more...
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Genres:
- CrimeDramaIndependentMelodrama
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century80s90s
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Place:
- FloridaMichiganUSA
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedOscar WinnerPrestigious Awards
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Style:
- Strong Female PresenceGory
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Based on:
- BiographyBased on True Story
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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Flag:
- Brief NudityProfanitySexual ContentStrong Violent Content
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Monster, 2003
English
USA, Germany
Profile of Monster
Monster can be described as bleak, tense, and gloomy. The plot revolves around a prostitute, a destructive relationship, and social misfits. The main genres are drama, independent, and crime. In terms of style, Monster stars a strong female character, is a melodrama, and is gory. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. Monster is located in Michigan and Florida. It takes place in the 1980s and in the 1990s. It is drawn from a biography and originally a true story. Monster has received attention for being an Oscar winner and critically acclaimed. Note that it involves brief nudity, strong violent content, and sexual content.
Summary of Monster
Charlize Theron delivers a knockout, cast-against-type performance in this gritty drama, based on the true story of Aileen Wuornos, a down and out prostitute who was sentenced to death after killing six men between 1989 and 1990. Christina Ricci costars as Selby Wall, a lesbian runaway who forms a romantic bond with Wuornos. Inspired by her love (even though she is not gay, strictly speaking) Wuornos tries to get a real job, but after meeting with a string of humiliating failures, she returns to work as a hitchhiking hooker, killing her first victim in self-defense after he rapes and beats her. Eventually, robbing and murdering her clients becomes almost second nature and by the end Wuornos even slays a man who was totally innocent (Scott Wilson). Theron's portrayal of this dangerous yet sympathetic character ranks with some of the greatest performances in cinema. Under heavy makeup, extra weight, and a snarling countenance, she proves herself a fearless, formidable talent, completely unrecognizable from the glamorous beauty of such films as THE ITALIAN JOB (2003) and THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE (1997). First-time director Patty Jenkins proves herself with this fluid and engrossing work, capturing a lot of sordid detail that other movies exploring this milieu might miss; she also wrote the script, based on actual conversations and prison letters from Wuornos. The moody, paranoia-enhancing soundtrack is by electronica maestro BT.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA, Germany |
| Release date: | 16 November 2003 |
| Runtime: | 109 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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The Hollywood Reporter
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- by: Kirk Honeycutt
Salon.com
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- by: Stephanie Zacharek
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- 10.January.2011
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- by: Netflowers
- Netflowers rated this movie
10/10Must See
- 22.March.2009
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- by: Matthew
- Matthew rated this movie8/10Great
