Storyline
An emotionally scarred highway hooker shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her, and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer.
Directors
Cast
Brett Rice, Rus Blackwell, Tim Ware, Lee Tergesen, Bruce Dern, Charlize Theron, Annie Corley, Marc Macaulay, Christina Ricci, Kane Hodder, Glenn R. Wilder, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Cree Ivey, Bubba Baker, Scott Wilson, Christian Stokes, Marco St. John, Jim R. Coleman, Stephan Jones, Kaitlin Riley, Catherine Mangan, Magdalena Manville, T. Robert Pigott, Romonda Shaver, Elaine Stebbins, Lyllian Barcaski, Nonalee Davis, Al, Cannonball, Chad Vaccarino, Gene R. Stephenson, Jesse Stern, Billy Boylan, Chandra Leigh, Lori McDonald, Adam Brown, Ed Donovan
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Reviews
88
ReelViews
A compelling, thought-provoking, and unsettling drama.
80
Challenges audiences with an unrelieved portrait of self-destruction and horrific violence. American movies don't get much grimmer than this.
80
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Theron breaks through with a ferocious performance--a real career-changer.
75
Entertainment Weekly
In Monster Theron undergoes one of the most startling transformations in the history of movies.
75
New York Daily News
Any which way you describe this uncompromising movie, it will never sound palatable. Still, it features one of the most spectacular physical transformations by an actress hungry for a meaty role. I haven't used the term "tour de force" in all of 2003, but now it is time.
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