Monster

Monster

  • Director: Patty Jenkins
  • Countries of origin: United States, Germany
  • Language: English
  • Release date: January 30, 2004
  • Runtime: 1h 49min
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Монстр
  • "Monster" is a crime film released by Newmarket Films , directed by Patty Jenkins and starring Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci . It was released in the United States on December 17, 2003.
    The film is adapted from real people and tells the story of how a prostitute with a bumpy life experience turned into a serial killer who kills without blinking because of her pursuit of love.   The film won the 76th Academy Awards, the 54th Berlin International Film Festival and the 61st American Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Movie.

    Details

    • Release date January 30, 2004
    • Filming locations Daytona Beach, Florida, USA
    • Production companies Media 8 Entertainment, Newmarket Films, DEJ Productions

    Box office

    Budget

    $8,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $34,469,210

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $86,831

    Gross worldwide

    $58,469,210

    Movie reviews

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    • By Catharine 2022-04-23 07:01:47

      Lost in the dark night again and again

      "I've been living in a quagmire for so long, I forgot how to struggle.

        You just appeared out of nowhere, maybe that's love? Come

        close to me, warm me, melt me, and the

        downpour will also make this filth-covered heavy shell layer upon layer. Peeling off.

        Everyone spurns me, despise me,

        what am I worth?!

        I hate this world!

        All men who look down on me, all who think I'm damned, should go to hell,

        I want...

    • By Colleen 2022-04-23 07:01:47

      Monster

      A fascinating movie that really touches on human nature, and the instinct of survival. The subjective perception of monstrosity is often the result of survival. Like most monsters, Aileen acted upon her instinct to survive for the sake of love, which ultimately became her downfall . Incredible performance by Charlize Theron, a role which eventually landed her an Oscar, not only is she able to transform herself physically, her soul transformed with her as well. The bulging eyes of Aileen is not...

    • By Alphonso 2022-04-23 07:01:47

      the natural helplessness

      I downloaded a movie a long time ago and watched it only two days ago. When I watch it, I don't know the genre or the plot. Affected by the Chinese translation, I thought it was a fashion film about strong women in the workplace. After watching it, I was surprised. The life of the heroine is so unbearable and even disgusting, but it is understandable.
      Although it was such a tragic childhood, there is a desire to become a star that everyone is watching. Maybe it's the price of unrealistic...

    • By Nakia 2022-04-23 07:01:47

      Who is unforgivable sinner?

      Name: Monster
      Genre: Crime/Thriller/Lesbian
      Protagonist: Charlize Theron & Christina Ricci
      Year: 2003
      Producer: Newmarket Films
      Plot Introduction: Aileen (Charlize Theron) was deserted by her mother when she was very young, and she was always abused and unloved in her childhood. In order to maintain her life, she reluctantly immersed herself in the dangerous world of highway prostitution until she met Selby (Christina Ricci), a naïve girl who was Aileen's last chance at...

    • By Fanny 2022-04-23 07:01:47

      If she hadn't met her, her life might not have been humbled to the surface and grown happy flowers

      Maybe her life wouldn't be so bad if she hadn't met Hill. The most terrifying hope in the world is the hope before despair, which makes you hallucinate for a second, but ruthlessly tramples your fantasy into dust. The whole drama is not only the tragedy of society, but also the tragedy of love. For her, the only good thing. I don't want to dig too much into the pit of social tragedy, I just want to pay attention to the main line of love. Thank you director for making her death less grievous and...

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    • By Lavonne 2023-09-12 22:53:05

      In 100 minutes, we witnessed the whole process of a woman who was abandoned and trampled on by society and became extreme and crazy in order to seize the little love that never appeared in her life. But the audience didn't hate Lin, but felt that society had turned her into a monster, even though it was just a Ferris wheel that she never conquered, which is precisely what female directors are brilliant at in this type of subject...

    • By Chelsey 2023-08-16 00:55:13

      Charlize Theron is acting like his true colors, and Mr. East said that he couldn't see that she was the beauty in the...

    • By Garrett 2023-07-07 07:40:35

      Really defeated Theron's performance, but it's such a...

    • By Reva 2023-07-06 21:40:06

      I think it's okay, how can it be said so...

    • By Hubert 2023-06-07 02:26:34

      Theron's acting is...

    Movie plot

    Irene Vonos ( Charlize Theron ) had a miserable and cold childhood, full of beatings, abuse and abuse. In order to make a living, Irene began betraying her body at the age of 13. Later, she left Michigan and came to Florida to provide sexual services to truck drivers who run long distances on the highway. Until Irene met the young Hilby Wall ( Christina Ritchie ) in the lesbian bar . Irene had never been interested in women, but after...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    To play Vonos, the model-born Theron gained 30 pounds, and Christina Ritchie also gained 10 pounds to play Hilby.
    According to the director Patty Jenkins, he completed the script of the film in only 7 weeks, and it only took two months to prepare the film. The entire film was shot in just 28 days, and sometimes 4 scenes or 9 pages of script can be shot in one day.
    "The Devil" is the directorial debut of Patty Jenkins. The filming is...
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    In addition to fully showing the rude appearance that Vonos showed to the world in court, Theron also injected a soft side into the character, like a beast that has been fighting for many years, and occasionally has to stop for a while to lick Lie the wound. She just right showed the pain and injury that Vonos endured, which also made the whole film show a rich layering. Compared to Charlize Theron's outstanding performance, Christina...
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    Movie quotes

    • Aileen: [Aileen has reluctantly forced a man into the woods after he discovered that she has a gun] I can't...

      Horton: You don't have to. You're just having a hard time.

      Aileen: No! I can't let you live!

      Horton: Oh God... my wife... my wife... my daughter's having a baby.

      Aileen: SHUT THE FUCK UP! Oh God... oh God I'm sorry...

      [She shoots him]

    • Aileen: Everybody just thinks I'm this bad shitty fucking person, and all I'm fucking tryin' to do is survive, you know?

      Thomas: I know. I know what you do for a living. It doesn't bother me. I know you didn't dial it up on a goddamn telephone. That's where you landed. That's what you had to do. What you're feeling right now is just guilt, over something you had absolutely no control over. You know how many of us came back from the war? And almost killed ourselves because we felt exactly the same thing you do, right now.

      Aileen: Yeah?

      Thomas: Yeah. And they'll never get it. They'll never get it now, they never got it then, and they sure as hell won't get fucking circumstance!

      Aileen: Fuck, man, circumstance, that's exactly it, that's exactly it. You know I feel like I never even had a fucking choice.

      Thomas: You never did. But you gotta live. You gotta live.

    • Aileen: [points to the bartender] You owe me change!

      [pause]

      Aileen: Fuck it. I'm outta here!

      Selby: Oh, are you sure-

      [touches Lee's shoulder]

      Aileen: [rises from chair and pushes Selby off] GET YOUR FUCKIN' HANDS OFF ME, YOU DUMB DYKE! I'm not gonna fuck you for a fucking beer, alright? So, stop wasting your fuckin' time!