I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

The first must-see film of the year.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

The MonsterEven though there are plenty of biographies that are acclaimed and created with passion and enthusiasm, very few of them depicts the accurate mirror on screen and not spend the time on justifying the events or the characters revolving around it and this is where it stands alone, which is in its smarter approach and newer perspective. The adaptation is witty, to-the-point and effective as it is free from the boundaries that usually restraints the track. Petty Jenkins; the writer-director, executes her anticipated vision which is brighter and sometimes funnier too contradict to its premise. Charlize Theron is the heart of the feature that keeps it pumping faster and harder than ever and is supported decently by Christina Ricci. It is short on technical aspects like sound department and camera work; it could have been shot more wisely and subtly, but is edited perfectly. The only crisis in it is the chemistry among the lead characters; despite of stellar performances, comes off a bit shallow. The Monster is the inner voice of an enraging beauty and the seductive beasts that neither befalls on a definite lap nor keeps the raised questions hanging in the air.

Short and Simple Review by WubsTheFadger Glamour girl Charlize Theron's breathtaking, heartbreaking transformation into the completely opposite image of Wuornos makes this film an astonishing achievement. The movie does not explain or dive into the mind of Wuornos which is a missed opportunity. The story also focuses to much on the lesbian love story side than on the killings.What makes the movie a little bit better is Theron's performance, open, vulnerable, tragic, moving, and most of all, honest. Aileen's behavior is contradictory, volatile, and disturbed. She loses control and lashes out irrationally. Theron's portrait of Aileen is sympathetic without pretending that she is more of a victim than the men she killed. The pacing is very slow and the runtime is overlong.SPOILER ON NEXT LINEI really wished we could have heard the testimonial given by Selby. Also I wish we could have seen the execution and Wuornos' last words.SPOILER OVERPro: Interesting story, Theron's performance, and some good killingsCons: Missed opportunities when it comes to the story (see spoiler line), slow pacing, an overlong runtime, and not enough depth into the mind of WuornosOverall Rating: 6.2

I just finished watching this film and, I must say, I am in a mixed state of both disgust and awe.First off, let's get down to the brass tacks on something: Aileen Carol Wuornos was a vicious, psychopathic misanthrope who murdered without remorse or regret to satisfy her lust for the blood of her fellow man and her intemperate greed. She was pure evil; plain and simple. That being said, this film is the worst kind of tripe; a story full of deliberate misandric falsification to lend sympathy to a barbaric serial murderer, with the star (Theron) admitting to the lack of factual representation.Not only am I insulted by the creators of this filth having wasted my time, but I am also disgusted with the lack of regard to the real victims' loved ones, and in awe of how degraded society has become; that there are people who would actually go as far as to make a movie like this.If you have not yet seen this movie, I suggest you pass it up.

"Monster" is for sure one of the most blunt and compelling and provocative and outspoken crime biography movies ever made. Charlize Theron gives her best and very dark transformation work as real life convicted serial killer Aileen Wuornos(in fact Charlize won a best actress Oscar for her portrayal). Wuornos was an interstate highway Florida prostitute who stalked, robbed and did pick up's of men by hitchhiking. Doomed and abused and unloved killing is the only life that Aileen ever knew until she meet Selby Wall(Christina Ricci)a young girl who provided Aileen with a small glimmer of hope and it brought out the other side of Wuornos sexually and that's deep down that she was a bisexual lesbian.Still the blood, pain, and violence was to much to escape as that's the only world that Aileen ever knew as at least seven men had their fate taken by her. As death and the taking of life was the only happiness for this doomed and haunting lady. Overall good crime biography film that stands out due to Charlize Theron's wicked blunt transformation performance.