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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 Jesse
January 14th, 2007
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Charlize Theron; Best Performance of the Decade
A terrific biopic on prostitute turned serial killer Aileen Wuornos. I hate to say this, but I love the character Aileen. There is something about her that is so unique and it makes her different from any other characters I have seen on film. She was an interesting human.
Charlize Theron played this role to perfection. She gives one of the best female performances I have ever seen and deserved her Oscar more than anyone in Academy Award history. This film is absolutely compelling with its wonderful story and strong characters that it makes you feel many different things while watching it.
When Aileen kills her first 'customer' you feel bad for her. But after the second and third victims you realize that she is out of control. The fact that she needed to be stopped made me sad because she was such a hopeful person even if she was a criminal. Charlize did a terrific job making this character likeable and despised at the same time.
The last few scenes are the most powerful, especially the one where Aileen is calling Selby for the last time from prison. The way the recording plays through the trial is heartwrenching. Aileen gets to the most emotional part of her speech at the same time the judge sentences her to death. It ended up being a very sad movie even though I knew what was going to happen.
I highly recommend this to everyone.
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 | Tim
Jan 17, 2007 5:41 PM
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| This film took me by surprise, I did not think that I would like it as much as I did but it turned out to be really well put together. I think if you took Charlize Theron out of the picture then it would not be nearly as great as it is. |
 | Zara
Feb 1, 2007 2:22 PM
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| Charlize nailed Aileen so well. If you check out the documentary about her, it'll floor you and make you appreciate her performance all that much more. |
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