Monster (DVD)

=== Monster. === Director: Patty Jenkins Release Date: 2004 Runtime: 109 mins Approx. Certificate: 18. === Plot. === Aileen Wuornos (Charlize Theron) works as a prostitute, and survives on the money she makes. One day she goes into a bar where she is drinking alone and after a while she realises it is a gay bar. Christina Ricci plays a lesbian character named Selby who is living a life as a troubled individual, due to her being unable to express her sexuality to her extremely religious family. She walks over and offers to buy Aileen a drink. To which she refuses thinking that Ricci is going to try something with her. After ...  Read the complete review

Aileen is a prostitute with few friends. She hates her profession and hates the men that she has to rely on, but she needs the money to live. When she first meets Selby at a bar, she realises that she is a lesbian and rebuffs her. However, Aileen craves affection so much that she lets Selby into her life, and before much longer, they are living together. Aileen tries to change her ways, applying for jobs for which she has little in the way of qualifications. Unfortunately, her temper often gets the better of her and she is soon forced to return to prostitution. When she is attacked one night, she decides that enough is enough and fights back, killing her client. This is ...  Read the complete review

We watched this on TV the other night and even though Charlize Theron is one of my fave actresses I didn't enjoy this film because it was proper boring and even though it's based on a true story it seemed proper far fetched. Charlize Theron plays Aileen Wuornos who is a prostitute. After she is assaulted by one punter she takes on a hate for men and goes on a killing spree at the same time turning lesbian and moving in with her weird girlfriend Selby, played by Christina Ricci. Aileen was killing the men out of revenge at first but then she realised she could kill and rob them and support her and Selby without having to sleep with any of the punters. ...  Read the complete review

Monster is a 2003 true crime drama of the American serial killer Aileen Wuornos. The film was extremely highly praised by critics and Charlize Theron ended up winning several Best Actress awards for her role including and Academy Award. Monster was made on a budget of $8,000,000 and grossed an estimated $60,378,584 at the box office. The film is rated 18 and runs for approximately 109 minutes. Aileen Wuornos killed 7 men between the years of 1989 and 1990, she claimed that the reason for the murders was that the men had tried to rape her when she was working as a prostitute. Wuornos was sentenced to death in 1992 and was eventually killed via lethal injection ...  Read the complete review

Monster (2003) is a breath of fresh air. An intelligent film with a simple plot (no flashbacks / jump cuts / dream sequences) no special effects and no stunts. Monster is just a film based on an amazing story with brilliant dialogue and immense acting. Directed by relative newcomer Patty Jenkins, Monster is the biographical story of Aileen Wuornos - America's first serial killer woman. Whilst running the risk of ruining your hopes of a happy ending - Wuornos was executed in America in October 2002. This film stars Charlize Theron (Cider House Rules, the Italian Job) and Christina Ricci (plenty of other films but nothing worth seeing). Both excel ...  Read the complete review