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MONSTER

Director:

  Patty Jenkins
  

Year Released:

  2003

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

4 out of 5

4 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Annie Corley
  Bruce Dern
  Christina Ricci
  Lee Tergesen
  Charlize Theron
Movie Haiku:Rich was immediately hooked by this intense portrait of Aileen Wuornos (one of America’s first well-known female serial killers). Jan took longer but was fully committed by the inevitably heart-rending final betrayal. Theron transforms herself, becoming both physically & emotionally unrecognizable in an astonishingly raw performance. Not for the squeamish.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2003