Monster (2003)

[Mr. DS]

I ended up catching this the other day and was amazed by it's reality.  It was one of these movies I always meant to get around to but never did.  Theron deserved the award she received for this role and then some.  I've seen interviews with Wuornos and comparitve to those, I can say she honestly had all the manuerisms down perfectly.   I think what the film did brilliantly is they gave the character a soul while not denying she was a cold blooded murderer.  

[retrorussell]

Yep, it was a very well-made film with great acting.. but the lesbian scene with a weird-looking Ricci and an ugly Theron (ugly for the movie, of course) was really, really icky!

[The Burgomaster]

I never saw this movie until I bought the DVD a couple years ago.  I thought it was excellent.

[Flick James]

I thought it was very good and a fine performance, so I'm not disrespecting it in any way. However, Charlize got the Oscar because she is gorgeous and made herself ugly. If you're a Hollywood celebrity known for looking good and even a halfway decent actress, just make yourself ugly for a role or play a mentally challenged role and you're almost guaranteed an Oscar nomination. You may not win, but you'll certainly get the nod.

Was that misanthropic?

[10,000 Volt Ghost]

Great film. I ended up watching a documentary about her story after seeing monster. Might have just been a made for tv documentary but it was pretty good too.

[Raffine]

Thre was a great moment in Arrested Development when they showed a photo of Rita (Theron) before her plastic surgery. It was actually a photo of Theron in her MONSTER makeup.