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- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC/EAN: 043396055520
- WAPI (Tower ID): 107031126
- Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Release Date: June 1, 2004
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #5099 in Movies (See Top 100 Movies Bestsellers)
- #975 in Drama (See Top 100 Drama Bestsellers)
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Product Description
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Review
Film Comment, 01/01/2004, p.72-3, "Theron has given one of America's favorite nightmare figures a human face..." Uncut, 11/01/2004, p.162, "Patty Jenkins' script and direction are grim and gristly. Superb." Entertainment Weekly, 01/09/2004, p.62, "[Theron] becomes Aileen Wuornos....This isn't just a performance, it's an act of obsession..." USA Today, 12/26/2003, p.16D, "Theron gets everything out of clearly her best role to date." Rolling Stone, 01/22/2004, p.77, "[Theron's] raw and riveting performance make MONSTER an experience you won't forget." New York Times, 12/24/2003, p.E1, "[Theron's] unforgettable performance recalls Hilary Swank's Oscar-winning turn in BOYS DON'T CRY..." Movieline's Hollywood Life, 02/01/2004, p.100-1, "Theron gets beneath the skin of Wuornos and finds her tortured humanity." Chicago Sun-Times, 01/09/2004, p.29, "What Charlize Theron achieves in Patty Jenkins' MONSTER isn't a performance but an embodiment. With courage, art and charity, she empathizes with Aileen Wuornos."
Title Note
Theatrical Release: DECEMBER 24, 2003 (NY)
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Charlize Theron delivers a knockout, cast-against-type performance in this gritty drama, based on the true story of Aileen Wuornos, a down and out prostitute who was sentenced to death after killing six men between 1989 and 1990. Christina Ricci costars as Selby Wall, a lesbian runaway who forms a romantic bond with Wuornos. Inspired by her love (even though she is not gay, strictly speaking) Wuornos tries to get a real job, but after meeting with a string of humiliating failures, she returns to work as a hitchhiking hooker, killing her first victim in self-defense after he rapes and beats her. Eventually, robbing and murdering her clients becomes almost second nature and by the end Wuornos even slays a man who was totally innocent (Scott Wilson). Theron's portrayal of this dangerous yet sympathetic character ranks with some of the greatest performances in cinema. Under heavy makeup, extra weight, and a snarling countenance, she proves herself a fearless, formidable talent, completely unrecognizable from the glamorous beauty of such films as THE ITALIAN JOB (2003) and THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE (1997). First-time director Patty Jenkins proves herself with this fluid and engrossing work, capturing a lot of sordid detail that other movies exploring this milieu might miss; she also wrote the script, based on actual conversations and prison letters from Wuornos. The moody, paranoia-enhancing soundtrack is by electronica maestro BT.
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