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Starring:
Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Kane Hodder, Annie Corley, Marc Macaulay, Scott Wilson, Brett Rice, Kaitlin Riley, Rus Blackwell, Cree Ivey, Tim Ware, Marco St. John, Glenn R. Wilder, Kane Hodder, Christian Stokes, Bill Boylan, Jim R. Coleman, Khris Gibston, Catherine Mangan, Magdalena Manville, T. Robert Pigott, Romonda Shaver, Elaine Stebbins, Nonalee Davis, Bubba Baker, Chad Vaccarino, Gene R. Stephenson, Jesse Stern, Chandra Leigh, Lori McDonald, Adam Brown, Robb Chamberlain, Ed Donovan, Lyllian Barcaski, Khris Gibston
Directed By:
Patty Jenkins
Written By:
Patty Jenkins
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Monster (2003)
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Movie Review by brian 
July 5th, 2008
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theron raised the bar
it should come as no real shock to any true movie lover that charlize theron won best actress at the academy award in 2004 not to mention all the awards she won prior to that such as the golden globe award. considered by many to be one of the top ten performances of all times, charlize theron gives us a shocking yet humanized portrait of aileen wuornos which is painstakingly unforgettable. aileen wuornos will remind us all in many ways of ourselves with her hopes, dreams, & how we often cry out for help but no one ever truly hears us. unfortunately, most of us wait most of our lives for that special moment or person which is reason enough to reconcile everything we've done & even re-consider living. selby was aileen's reason for living after she comtemplated suicide & her ultimate hope for having a better life. obviously, aileen had never really considered a relationship with a woman but i believe she strongly that felt it was worth a try after living a life of emptiness & constant heartache. my question is this? why couldn't selby go out & get a job to help pay the bills? someone help me here?? knowing full well that aileen didn't want to prostitute her body any longer, couldn't selby have tried to help out somehow kind of way to prevent things from becoming problematic? throughout the course of the film, we learn how truly disturbed aileen really is & how these issues stem from repeated abuse over time which never truly ceases. at one point in the film, ms. wuornos (played by theron) tells a man held at gunpoint of how she was molested as a child by a friend of the family & then physically abused as well by her own father for simply conveying the truth. she also reveals to us us that she has been on the streets since the age of 13 selling her body to men who we can assume were just as abusive. what i find most touching about monster is how ms. wuonrnos tried so many times to go out into society & earn a decent living but failed like so many do because of the way society is so quick to judge or reject a human for simply trying to better themselves. monster is not an easy film to digest by any means & packs quite a wallop but is definately a must see film. patty jenkins allows us to feel sympathy for the woman who so many people would've considered to be a monster & is asking us to rethink everything we've learned about this tortured soul. charlize theron may have had some decent roles in the past but probability suggests that nothing she has done in the past or will do in the future will hold a candle to her performance here. charlize theron is remarkable in every sense of the word. although i've never truly agreed with the academy decisions, theron rightfully deserved the oscar she recieved.
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