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Monster (2003)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B Source Brief Review Grade* Atlanta Journal-Constitution Eleanor Ringel Gillespie "Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci are monstrously good." more... B   Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert "What Charlize Theron achieves in Patty Jenkins' Monster isn't a performance but an embodiment." more... A   Cincinnati Enquirer Margaret A. McGurk "...creates a harrowing effect, thanks to Charlize Theron's astounding performance..." more... B   E! Online "Theron's achievement is a wonder, no doubt. The rest of this movie, however, can be kicked to the curb." more... B- filmcritic.com Chris Barsanti "...this is a film with a story, concerned much less with shocking audiences than with showing how a brutalized childhood can result in a brutal adult." more... B- Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt "A tough, disturbing film that doesn't shed enough light on its psychopathic anti-hero." more... B- New York Times Stephen Holden "The emotional intensity of her (Charlize Theron) unforgettable performance recalls Hilary Swank's Oscar-winning turn in Boys Don't Cry..." more... B+ ReelViews James Berardinelli "Few with open minds will leave this movie undisturbed." more... A- * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)