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"Monster" starts with Aileen informing God that she is doing her last $5, and that if God doesn't guide her right, she'll spend it on ending her life. She walks into what happens to be a lesbian bar and meets the 18-year-old Selby, who has been sent to live with Florida relatives and sort herself out with lesbianism. Aileen had no lesbian experience and her life is the bottom of anything living, as being a sex worker* with no taste for sex at all. Selby's own sexuality functions essentially as a way to shock her parents, left on the devises with her need to be just desired. Soon enough, sex and moral issue, becomes unimportant compared to watching television and daydreaming private soap opera in cheap roadside motels. Aileen is the protector and provider. And her experience of love with Selby brings a brand new perspective to her miserable wold, fading all the bad from her memories.
"Monster"directed by Patty Jenkins is the film for which Charlize Theron won Oscar 2004. Indeed, Charlize is one of Hollywood’s most camera-liking actresses. Anyone who saw the film must admit the most fantastic transformation of all. Like a butterfly, from a wasted 5 dollars street hooker to a most beautiful classy woman in the world. Woman that we’ve
seen on Oscar Award Nomination 2004 in Hollywood. So why would she get fat, put on false teeth and take one of the most unpleasant roles in recent years, role of first Florida serial killer Aileen Wourmos? Well for that I congratulate her with all my heart. In a way, why wouldn’t she? Isn’t that an effective way to prove that a pretty actress is not just a pretty actress but also a pretty decent actress? Because for such a role, and such a transformation Theron turned out to be pretty decent indeed. With courage, art and empathy, she does an original Aileen Wuornos, a damaged woman who committed seven murders. So cleverly she does not excuse the murders, simply asking of us to witness the woman's final desperate attempt to be loved for the last time. Here we have audience on the side of a bad guy, which is never easy with serial killer stories. Selby Wall (Christina Ricci) an 18-year-old girl who became her naive lesbian lover, which inspired Aileen’s dream of earning enough money to make them a “normal lifestyle”. And Selby was the one who gave evidence against Alieen. Every new murder led to a new robbing and each new murder necessary covered her tracks, from the previous one to an other. However, no one forced 18 years old to the older woman's porch. Interesting twist in the tail: She loved Aileen, and this love was all that poor Aileen ever had. The love made her impulsive, reckless, angry and violent. If life had given her anything at all to work with, we would feel no sympathy for a God's creature worthy of our attention. But is it clear who's the monster here? Certainly, Aileen is a psycho-killer, taking out her rage against men. But then there's passive-aggressive Selby, who, whenever money runs out, whined her out, suggesting Aileen to go find another car. She does this even after Aileen decides she's sick of killing and wants to get a regular job. The life with real people never is black and white. Imagine comedy when a prostitute Alieen gets humiliated naively expecting to become a lawyer or a vet with no degree. Aileen and Selby are living in the worst kind of reality, where one murder only makes the next, and the next more easier to commit.
Watching the film we learned more than we want about the techniques of disguise from applying film makeup, in order to transform an attractive 28-year-old woman into an street prostitute, which is communicating with a faceless man, in the shadows of sunny Florida highway. That’s one of the questions following "Monster". Is this a modern-day horror movie with no hero or heroine? Because this time we are talking about "real life" serial killer. Theron has been praised for her performance on Oscar Award with a good reason. There’s not a trace of sex appeal in this film, as it is with last year’s "Italian Job" performance. Her Aileen is a big, sociopath woman, lacking all physical and social coping abilities. However, her personality in the film is so strong that swallows up her acting partner, pretty good Christina Ricci. Everything else fades into the background as well. Charlize Theron was honored to be best actress of the year by the opinion of National Society of Film Critics. More to the point, no one recognizes her, because the performance of Alieen is so focused and intense, that it becomes a fact of life. Observe the way Theron controls her eyes in the film; there is not a sign of doubt of her being the one, communicating wonderfully with what she is feeling and thinking, in a role of serial killer. There's one effect present all the time, Theron has forgotten the camera and the ideas of her performance seemed to be directly improvised by her. Theron here has made herself the instrument of the given character, which is probably the reason why she deserved the Oscar. Aileen's body language is frightening and fascinating. Observe her smoking; the way she handles her cigarettes with the self-conscious. This is truly one of the greatest performances.
"Monster" is a grown ups film, it has no room for teenagers even so teenagers in now days are very well introduced with such movies. This is still a strong violence and sexual content, just as a bad language movie.
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Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
Production Year: 2000 - Drama - Director: Giuseppe Tornatore - Original Language: Italian - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico, Matilde Piana
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