Charlize Theron as a serial killer

Rating: Null/10 (5 September 2006)

I would suggest,not to mince matters,that Miss Ricci is a very limited,average actress,but Mrs. Theron makes here a compelling role as a lacerated tat,an envenomed homicidal maniac,holding forth a compact performance;she drives the flick home.
The story is,indeed,strong;the movie is well-written,compendious.It narrates a death-darting trip,that pours an overspill of pitch-black pitfalls.Somehow,the monster in this movie is the teen-age owlish lorn gay in tears,"Selby".Her friend,"Aileen",keeps the pot boiling.She is an ugly whore that pips some clients,a bitter pill to swallow,and who places confidence and burning love in the jerky,odious teen-age oddity that overmasters her.The movie manages to make her a larger-than-life character.
The two women hang together for some jollification."Selby" is off the hinges and has a hank over the grubby whore.The latter is ebullient and flip."Selby" gets scared and grumbler.
Monster (2003) is a pithy movie.It ascends steadily to its gruesome pinnacle.It gave me the creeps.