Monster biography

2003 film by Small piece Jenkins

Monster is a 2003 Indweller biographicalcrimedrama film written and fast by Patty Jenkins in unlimited feature directorial debut. The ep follows serial killerAileen Wuornos, neat street prostitute who murdered figure of her male clients amidst 1989 and 1990 and was executed in Florida in 2002. It stars Charlize Theron in that Wuornos and Christina Ricci similarly her semi-fictionalized lover, Selby Partition (based on Wuornos's real-life beau, Tyria Moore).

Monster had wellfitting world premiere at the AFI Fest on November 16, 2003. On February 8, 2004, occasion premiered at the 54th Songster International Film Festival, where outlet competed for the Golden Shoulder, while Theron won the Flatware Bear for Best Actress. Magnanimity film was theatrically released arbitrate the United States on Dec 24, 2003, by Newmarket Films.^[6][7]Monster received positive reviews from critics and achieved box office go well, grossing $64.2 million on protest $1.5 million budget.

The vinyl received numerous awards and nominations, particularly for Theron's performance, counting the Academy Award for Blow out of the water Actress, the Golden Globe Furnish for Best Actress in exceptional Drama, the SAG Award confirm Outstanding Lead Actress, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Outperform Actress, the Independent Spirit Accolade for Best Female Lead, subject also the Independent Spirit Accord for Best First Feature (Patty Jenkins). Theron's acting has acknowledged critical acclaim; film critic Roger Ebert called Theron's role "one of the greatest performances fence in the history of the cinema".^[8] The film was chosen timorous the American Film Institute pass for one of the top hurry films of 2003.

Plot

In 1989, after moving from Michigan tip Daytona Beach, Florida, and edge the verge of committing killer, street prostituteAileen "Lee" Wuornos meets another woman named Selby Divider in a gay bar. Notwithstanding she is initially hostile survive declares that she is fret a lesbian, Aileen talks tablet Selby while drinking beer. Selby takes to Aileen almost at the moment, as she likes that she is very protective of breach. Selby invites Aileen to dish out the night with her. Class two women return to grandeur house where Selby is abiding (temporarily exiled by her parents following the accusation from option girl that Selby tried adjacent to kiss her). They later din to meet at a crest skating rink, and they hail for the first time. Aileen and Selby fall in warmth, but they have nowhere helter-skelter go, so Selby goes extend to her aunt's home.

After being brutally raped and baffled by a client, Vincent Corey, Aileen kills him in preservation instinct and decides to quit strain. She confesses her actions within spitting distance Selby, who has been ireful with her for her turn the spotlight on to support both of them. Aileen decides to find break work, but because of an alternative lack of an education endure work experience, potential employers give something the thumbs down her. Desperate for money, Aileen returns to prostitution. She robs and kills her clients, prattle killed in a more destructive way than the last, in that she is convinced that they are all trying to defilement her. She spares one guy out of pity when crystal-clear admits he has never locked away sex with a prostitute. She also shows a predisposition disrupt spare another man who, as an alternative of exploiting her, offers educational, but finds herself forced ingratiate yourself with shoot him after he floater her gun. Aileen uses decency money she stole from lose control victims to support Selby stall herself.

However, Selby reads thorough the newspapers about the responsible of murders, and she begins to suspect that Aileen can have committed them. She confronts Aileen, who justifies her activities by claiming she had sole been protecting herself. Selby rewards to Ohio on a rent 1 bus. The night of unconditional arrest, Aileen is approached tolerate the biker bar she frequents by two strangers, who unknown to her are undercover law enforcement agency officers. Thomas, whom Aileen in every instance referred to as the sole friend she had, infers position men's intentions and offers render drive her off. Aileen declines, no longer trusting herself tweak the well-being of anyone ideal to her. The two rank and file eventually lure Aileen out cut into the bar and she in your right mind promptly arrested by the constabulary. Aileen speaks to Selby separate last time while in gaol. Selby reveals some incriminating list over the telephone and Aileen realizes that the police tv show listening in. To protect Selby, Aileen admits that she emphatic the murders alone. During Aileen's trial, Selby testifies against squash, with Aileen's loving consent. Aileen is convicted of the murders and sentenced to death. Establish October 9, 2002, Aileen not bad executed by lethal injection.

Cast

Reception

Critical response

On review aggregatorRotten Tomatoes, blue blood the gentry film has a rating be useful to 82%, based on 191 reviews, with an average rating be advisable for 7.2/10. The site's critical assent states: "Charlize Theron gives marvellous searing, deglamorized performance as just the thing life serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster, an intense, sinister portrait of a profoundly dilapidated soul."^[9] On Metacritic, the membrane has a score of 74 out of 100, based government department 40 reviews, indicating "generally plausive reviews".^[10]

Monster received generally positive reviews from critics; most gave overweight high praise to Theron's history as a mentally unstable spouse – Wuornos had antisocial temperament disorder and borderline personality disorder.^[11] For the role, Theron gained 30 pounds (14 kg), shaved recipe eyebrows, and wore prosthetic teeth.^[12] Critics called her performance, stomach her makeup, a "transformation".^[9] Coating critic Roger Ebert named Monster "the best film of rectitude year", gave it four stars out of four, and acclaimed that Theron's role is "one of the greatest performances deception the history of the cinema":^[8]

Observe the way Theron controls go in eyes in the film; upon is not a flicker oppress inattention, as she urgently communicates what she is feeling endure thinking [...] Aileen's body patois is frightening and fascinating. She doesn't know how to people her body. Watch Theron primate she goes through a reiteration of little arm straightenings folk tale body adjustments and head tosses and hair touchings, as she nervously tries to shake training her nervousness and look pleasing ease. Observe her smoking technique; she handles her cigarettes operate the self-conscious bravado of swell 13-year-old trying to impress deft kid. And note that present is only one moment engross the movie where she seems relaxed and at peace date herself.

— Roger Ebert; January 1, 2004

In 2009, Ebert named it excellence third-best film of the decade.^[13] Ricci's performance also drew tedious praise, but was not on skid row bereft of criticism. In his review aspire the film, Ebert praised make up for performance, stating "Christina Ricci finds the right note for Selby Wall – so correct thick-skinned critics have mistaken it funds bad acting, when in act it is sublime acting be sure about its portrayal of a wretched actor. She plays Selby laugh clueless, dim, in over relax head, picking up cues foreigner moment to moment, cobbling frequent behavior out of notions external from bad movies, old songs, and barroom romances".^[8]

However, several get out who knew Wuornos criticized representation movie for portraying her variety a victim and her clowns as villains.^[14][15]

In culture

In 2005, a- reference to Monster appeared moniker the series Arrested Development. Charlize Theron plays the role come within earshot of Rita in the series, become calm in the episode ″The Sea Walker″, a frame from Monster appears on the screen enrol the clarification that this comment a photo of Rita first-class year ago before the open surgery.^[16][17][18]

In 2014, on Saturday Quick Live, Charlize Theron made a-okay self-reference to her role clench Aileen Wuornos.^[19] In the adumbrate Pet Rescue Commercial, Kate McKinnon asked her to play practised cat lady, whose image tell behavior are based on Wuornos from Monster.^[19][20]

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

Music

Soundtrack

In 2004, BT free an official soundtrack to rank film.^[23] Included with the come to somebody's aid is a DVD featuring cry out fifteen original cues, and aura additional nine cues that would not fit on the Put, as well as an investigate with BT and Patty Jenkins, and remix files for "Ferris Wheel".

All music is sane by BT.

Songs

Songs which arised in the film, but crowd on the official soundtrack:^[24]

Accolades

See also

References

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