
Reviews — Monster
Audience write-ups from TMDB
CinemaSerf
Charlize Theron delivers a believable performance as Aileen Wuornos, portraying this real person's descent from sex worker to serial killer in 1980s Florida. Her profession places her in contact with unpleasant individuals who might offer money or violence. Following one particularly negative experience, she ends up at a gay bar and meets Selby (Christina Ricci). Initially distrustful of her new acquaintance’s intent…
Andre Gonzales
It wasn’t a bad film, but it came across as a twisted romance. What fell short was portraying just how unstable she truly was. It would have been better to focus less on the romantic aspect and more on her mental state. She was completely off her rocker! All those intense interviews and the things that happened in court—those are missing. The movie seemed to almost want you to sympathize with her, but it didn't reall…
John Chard
It’s possible to be unlike one another, but taking human lives is never acceptable! Monster presents Aileen Wuornos's dark story—a prostitute and one of America's most infamous female serial killers. Drawing from the known details surrounding her life and death, the movie mainly examines the final year she had before imprisonment. Following a peculiar romantic connection with Selby Wall, Wuornos begins to kill cli…

