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24/12/2003 Crime, Drama 1h 49m
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Based on a true story.

Overview

In 1989, prostitute Aileen Wuornos befriends and enters a relationship with a young woman named Selby. Determined to straighten out her life, Aileen's limited education lands her back on the corner. She's raped by a trick, who she kills. A string of murder and robbery follows that ultimately leads Aileen to becoming America's first female serial killer.

  1. Patty Jenkins

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Charlize Theron

    Aileen Wuornos

  2. Christina Ricci

    Selby Wall

  3. Bruce Dern

    Thomas

  4. Lee Tergesen

    Vincent Corey

  5. Annie Corley

    Donna

  6. Pruitt Taylor Vince

    Gene / Stuttering "John"

  7. Marco St. John

    Evan / Undercover "John"

  8. Marc Macaulay

    Will / Daddy "John"

  9. Scott Wilson

    Horton / Last "John"

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2020-03-29
We can be as different as we wanna be, but you can't kill people!

Monster is the bleak story of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute and one of America's most notorious female serial killers. Based around facts of her life and death, the film primarily focuses on the last year of her freedom. Where after entering into a strange lesbian relationship with Selby Wall, Wuornos, fed up of being a abused by men, starts killing those calling on her services.

Sad and potent is Patty Jenkins' first full length directorial effort. Though perhaps a touch guilty of pandering to Wuornos' own self created "mo...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$8,000,000.00

Revenue
$58,469,210.00

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