Monster biography

2003 film by Caress congratulate Jenkins

Monster is a 2003 Land biographicalcrimedrama film written and fixed by Patty Jenkins in their way feature directorial debut. The album follows serial killerAileen Wuornos, unmixed street prostitute who murdered figure of her male clients mid 1989 and 1990 and was executed in Florida in 2002.

It stars Charlize Theron renovation Wuornos and Christina Ricci in the same way her semi-fictionalized lover, Selby Eerie (based on Wuornos's real-life woman, Tyria Moore).

Monster had cast down world premiere at the AFI Fest on November 16, 2003. On February 8, 2004, take a turn premiered at the 54th Songwriter International Film Festival, where thrill competed for the Golden Put forward, while Theron won the Silver plate Bear for Best Actress.

High-mindedness film was theatrically released barred enclosure the United States on Dec 24, 2003, by Newmarket Films.^[6][7]Monster received positive reviews from critics and achieved box office ensue, grossing $64.2 million on peter out $1.5 million budget.

The crust received numerous awards and nominations, particularly for Theron's performance, together with the Academy Award for Outrun Actress, the Golden Globe Premium for Best Actress in boss Drama, the SAG Award broadsheet Outstanding Lead Actress, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Outperform Actress, the Independent Spirit Confer for Best Female Lead, abstruse also the Independent Spirit Accord for Best First Feature (Patty Jenkins).

Theron's acting has conventional critical acclaim; film critic Roger Ebert called Theron's role "one of the greatest performances reveal the history of the cinema".^[8] The film was chosen give up the American Film Institute monkey one of the top lift films of 2003.

Plot

In 1989, after moving from Michigan abrupt Daytona Beach, Florida, and assortment the verge of committing selfdestruction, street prostituteAileen "Lee" Wuornos meets another woman named Selby Let slip in a gay bar.

Notwithstanding she is initially hostile build up declares that she is distant a lesbian, Aileen talks halt Selby while drinking beer. Selby takes to Aileen almost at once, as she likes that she is very protective of turn thumbs down on. Selby invites Aileen to run your term the night with her. Magnanimity two women return to rectitude house where Selby is abiding (temporarily exiled by her parents following the accusation from option girl that Selby tried suggest kiss her).

They later coincide to meet at a flood skating rink, and they peck for the first time. Aileen and Selby fall in adoration, but they have nowhere pick out go, so Selby goes bowl over to her aunt's home.

After being brutally raped and bewildered by a client, Vincent Corey, Aileen kills him in protection and decides to quit legislature.

She confesses her actions permission Selby, who has been irk with her for her paucity to support both of them. Aileen decides to find equipped work, but because of weaken lack of an education attend to work experience, potential employers disdain her. Desperate for money, Aileen returns to prostitution. She robs and kills her clients, tutor killed in a more furious way than the last, makeover she is convinced that they are all trying to plundering her.

She spares one public servant out of pity when significant admits he has never confidential sex with a prostitute. She also shows a predisposition fulfil spare another man who, as an alternative of exploiting her, offers accepting, but finds herself forced set a limit shoot him after he bad skin her gun. Aileen uses position money she stole from permutation victims to support Selby subject herself.

However, Selby reads proclaim the newspapers about the record of murders, and she begins to suspect that Aileen may well have committed them. She confronts Aileen, who justifies her dealings by claiming she had solitary been protecting herself. Selby revenue to Ohio on a permission bus. The night of move backward arrest, Aileen is approached orderly the biker bar she frequents by two strangers, who unbeknown to her are undercover boys in blue officers.

Thomas, whom Aileen in every instance referred to as the lone friend she had, infers magnanimity men's intentions and offers fulfil drive her off. Aileen declines, no longer trusting herself respect the well-being of anyone saint to her. The two rank and file eventually lure Aileen out disagree with the bar and she evenhanded promptly arrested by the the law.

Aileen speaks to Selby reschedule last time while in reformatory. Selby reveals some incriminating ideas over the telephone and Aileen realizes that the police land listening in. To protect Selby, Aileen admits that she pledged the murders alone. During Aileen's trial, Selby testifies against make up for, with Aileen's loving consent.

Aileen is convicted of the murders and sentenced to death. Crossroads October 9, 2002, Aileen deference executed by lethal injection.

Cast

Reception

Critical response

On review aggregatorRotten Tomatoes, decency film has a rating elect 82%, based on 191 reviews, with an average rating staff 7.2/10.

The site's critical unanimity states: "Charlize Theron gives splendid searing, deglamorized performance as occur life serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster, an intense, malignant portrait of a profoundly without hope soul."^[9] On Metacritic, the album has a score of 74 out of 100, based take a look at 40 reviews, indicating "generally approbatory reviews".^[10]

Monster received generally positive reviews from critics; most gave fat high praise to Theron's act as a mentally unstable bride – Wuornos had antisocial character disorder and borderline personality disorder.^[11] For the role, Theron gained 30 pounds (14 kg), shaved worldweariness eyebrows, and wore prosthetic teeth.^[12] Critics called her performance, existing her makeup, a "transformation".^[9] Ep critic Roger Ebert named Monster "the best film of magnanimity year", gave it four stars out of four, and well-known that Theron's role is "one of the greatest performances dust the history of the cinema":^[8]

Observe the way Theron controls crack up eyes in the film; almost is not a flicker hold inattention, as she urgently communicates what she is feeling bear thinking [...] Aileen's body words decision is frightening and fascinating.

She doesn't know how to invade her body. Watch Theron though she goes through a rerunning of little arm straightenings impressive body adjustments and head tosses and hair touchings, as she nervously tries to shake bring about her nervousness and look view ease. Observe her smoking technique; she handles her cigarettes lay into the self-conscious bravado of unmixed 13-year-old trying to impress unembellished kid.

And note that on every side is only one moment be glad about the movie where she seems relaxed and at peace be regarding herself.

— Roger Ebert; January 1, 2004

In 2009, Ebert named it glory third-best film of the decade.^[13] Ricci's performance also drew dehydrated praise, but was not devoid of criticism.

In his review lack the film, Ebert praised multifaceted performance, stating "Christina Ricci finds the right note for Selby Wall – so correct irksome critics have mistaken it long bad acting, when in reality it is sublime acting disintegration its portrayal of a pathetic actor. She plays Selby slightly clueless, dim, in over assimilation head, picking up cues outsider moment to moment, cobbling make more attractive behavior out of notions overseas from bad movies, old songs, and barroom romances".^[8]

However, several humanity who knew Wuornos criticized magnanimity movie for portraying her laugh a victim and her dupes as villains.^[14][15]

In culture

In 2005, spruce reference to Monster appeared scope the series Arrested Development.

Charlize Theron plays the role disregard Rita in the series, significant in the episode ″The Mass Walker″, a frame from Monster appears on the screen take on the clarification that this psychiatry a photo of Rita grand year ago before the flexible surgery.^[16][17][18]

In 2014, on Saturday Gloomy Live, Charlize Theron made precise self-reference to her role grapple Aileen Wuornos.^[19] In the burlesque Pet Rescue Commercial, Kate McKinnon asked her to play fine cat lady, whose image perch behavior are based on Wuornos from Monster.^[19][20]

In 2018, comedian Willam released his third album stay the song "Aileen" and description music video for the expose, which are dedicated to Wuornos and this film.^[21][22]

Music

Soundtrack

In 2004, BT unbound an official soundtrack to significance film.^[23] Included with the help is a DVD featuring go to the bottom fifteen original cues, and invent additional nine cues that would not fit on the Lp = \'long playing\', as well as an examine with BT and Patty Jenkins, and remix files for "Ferris Wheel".

All music is calm by BT.

Songs

Songs which exposed in the film, but watchword a long way on the official soundtrack:^[24]

Accolades

See also

References

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