Monster

This is one of the greatest performances in the history of the cinema.Read Full Review »

Theron has rendered herself 100 percent unrecognizable. Not since Robert De Niro morphed into hulk dimensions to play heavyweight boxer Jake La Motta in "Raging Bull" has there been a transformation this powerful and effective.Read Full Review »

Monster is a compassionate picture without any obvious agenda. And it's effective precisely because it's not a polemic.Read Full Review »

Theron has rendered herself 100 percent unrecognizable. Not since Robert De Niro morphed into hulk dimensions to play heavyweight boxer Jake La Motta in "Raging Bull" has there been a transformation this powerful and effective.Read Full Review »

A compelling, thought-provoking, and unsettling drama.Read Full Review »

An okay movie made nearly great by one great thing: the bravura, mercilessly watchable performance of Charlize Theron.Read Full Review »

There's Theron, like a force of nature, compelling us to go beyond TV-movie supposition and look Wuornos straight in the eye. Her raw and riveting performance makes Monster an experience you won't forget.Read Full Review »

In Monster Theron undergoes one of the most startling transformations in the history of movies.Read Full Review »

Monster brings the horror stories of everyday life down to a recognizable level -- even as the actress inhabiting that story remains startlingly unrecognizable.Read Full Review »

A gruesome, helpless spiral barely saved by an actress locating humanity where few would have cared to bother.Read Full Review »