Monster (2003)
Product Information
Product Details: Monster (2003)
- Edition:
- DVD 2-Disc Set, Special Edition. See other editions
- MPAA Rating:
- R
- Release Date:
- 01/25/2005
- UPC:
- 043396089587
- Directed by:
- Patty Jenkins
- Featuring:
- Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern. See all cast
Synopsis: Monster (2003)
Synopis: Aileen Wuornos (Theron) had a difficult and cruel childhood plagued by abuse and drug use in Michigan, becoming a prostitute (and pregnant) by the age of 13. Wuornos eventually moved to Florida where she became a highway prostitute, servicing the desires of semi-truck drivers. This movie focuses on the nine month period in 1989 and 1990 during which she had a lesbian relationship with a woman named Selby (Ricci), and during which she also began murdering any of her clientele who tried to rape her.Features: Monster (2003)
Features: DVD Features:Region (unknown)
2-Disc Set - Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
DTS 5.1 - English
(unspecified) - French, Spanish
Subtitles - French, Spanish - Optional
Disc 1:
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Patty Jenkins - Director with Producer(s)
Disc 2:
Deleted Scenes
Behind the Scenes - 1. Monster "Surrounded"
2. Film Mixing Demo
Featurette - 1. "The Vision and the Journey"
Trailers - 1. Bonus Previews
Awards: Monster (2003)
- Academy Awards
- Best Actress:
- Charlize Theron
User Reviews: Monster
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Whoa!!
, June 9, 2004Reviewer: mrylnd1 - See all mrylnd1's reviews -
Monster 2003 DVD w/Charlize Theron
, June 28, 2006Pros: Charlize Theron's characterization of Aileen Wuornos reveals the talent of the actor par excellance.
Cons: This film is so unbalance and un self-critiquing that "it fails miserably to look at the sexual roles the brutal, cheating, adulterous men are playing in the tragic story of Aileen Wuournos."
Aileen Wuornos (Charlize Theron) and Selby Wall (Christina Ricci) become pseudo-'lesbian'
; lovers in this true story about a prostitute (Wuornos) who hates and kills six either brutal, married, cheating, or adulterous men between 1989 and 1990.
This show angered me because to call the relationship between Wuornos and Wall lesbian is a false representation of lesbian relationships, in general. The real and show relationship between the two women doesn't resemble the commits made and responsibilities taken in the vast majority of same-gender, long-term woman relationships. That is why I didn't count this portrayal as excellent, even though Charlize Theron delivers a riveting performance of the late 20th century wife beaten, cheated by numerous adulterous 'men', serial killer.
Though Charlize is a raving beauty out of character, in the Wuournos character she was transformed into an atrocious woman who just couldn't cut it in real life society. Though she did try.
Wuournos is repeatedly humiliated as she tries to get honest job after job. She lacks skills and training at every turn and seems dyslexic. Plus, as a violently abused prostitute, she undoubtedly suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. So this rejection and humiliation only heightens her senses of self-worthlessness and compulsive violence.
After her first John (after being with Selby) beats and rapes her, she kills him in self-defense. It comes to her as a shock that she does it. Once she got the sweet taste of revenge she couldn't stop robbing and murdering the male brutes, sluts, and adulterers who hired her for quick and secret sex as they expected it. Though no one deserves to be murdered, Wuournos was by the state. Almost all the men she murdered were made out to be victims and saints, who were 'just being typical men by hiring a prostitute . . .' .
I also didn't give this story line an excellent rating because it fails miserably to look at the sexual roles the brutal, cheating, adulterous men are playing in the tragic story of Aileen Wuournos. Rated R and a half, this one's not even for pre-teens or young teens. It's an adult film that one should go into with a critiquing mind of the men's roles and mischaracterizations as "victims." m_d.md.m_d ...
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Pros: Beutifully acted and directed, best movie of 2004
Cons: None, a little violent maybe
I wasn't expecting much when I saw this flick. But have to say that I still am talking about it with people. Charlize Theron won an Oscar for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos, and man did she ever earn it! You find yourself drawn into who she is and how committing such horrific murders could be so easy for her. You actually feel sympathy towards her at times. It's not just a movie about a serial killer though. It's actually part love story. You start out thinking that the men she kills deserved it but further into the movie you don't see her as a woman you see her as a numb killing machine that simply has to be stopped. Charlize Theron took an enormous risk in accepting the role, but it was a risk that paid off big time as I will never doubt her ability as a phenomenal actress and a master of her craft. This isn't a movie to rent however, if you buy one movie this year, this is the one. Now I am just rambling aimlessly in my post, but I just cannot say enough good things about it. When I learned that it was the directors very first movie I got chills at the thought of what she will direct in the future. ...