good movie, amazing individual performance

Rating: 7/10 (13 December 2005)

Just to say that this is the perfect example where a good movie is good thanks to an astonishing individual performance. I think that Chalize Theron must have suffered some kind of violence to be able to act in that "disturbing" way. The academy award is the logic prize for a performance unique in his genre. Before this movie I liked her very much. After seeing Monster, I adore her and admire her talent. The physical transformation is startling and I was surprise by the dignity of Chalize in showing her wonderful body tortured by make up but also by some extra kilos and unnatural (for such a beauty) posture. During the movie you stop to think "look at the power of the make up" and you are forced to forget that there is a mask on her face. Morever, after 5 minutes you start inexorable to feel a growing pity for a girl that, considering that the movie is strictly based on a true story, has lived in a nightmare since she was 8 year old and has been unable to work it out, day after day simply for somebody to love and to be loved.