Richly textured, uncompromising and transformative, Monster, writer/director Patty Jenkins’ award-winning interpretation of the life and death of Aileen Wuornos, dubbed America’s first female serial killer after her arrest for the murder of eight men along the Florida coastal highway in 1982, devastates almost from the first scene, as it presents the pitiless life story of its harridan / whore central character.
One of the must-see films this Oscar season, with an almost assured Best Actress Oscar for the bravura, ferocious central performance by Charlize Theron, Monster demands to be seen.
