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Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News: What takes it to the level of important cinema ... is the central Selby-Wuornos relationship, which turns out to be symbiotic in the manner of the Smith-Hickock relationship in In Cold Blood. Read more
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press: Theron's work here stands with that of Jennifer Connelly, Hope Davis, Naomi Watts, Cate Blanchett and Charlotte Rampling as one of the best female performances of 2003. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: A small movie with a gigantic performance by Charlize Theron. Read more
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: Digging deep down, Theron and the movie give us empty lives, desperate romance and murderous rage. They bring a monster to life. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Walks a very delicate line: It doesn't excuse or glamorize the actions of its main character, serial killer Aileen Wuornos (Charlize Theron), but it does offer an understanding of her -- or, at least, of the version of Wuornos this film presents. Read more
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: ... an amazing piece of work. Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Isn't entirely the movie it could be but, as is, it's still compelling. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: A gruesome, helpless spiral barely saved by an actress locating humanity where few would have cared to bother. Read more
Manohla Dargis, Los Angeles Times: Phony choppers and a startling resemblance to Jon Voight aren't enough to transform Theron into Wuornos, and I didn't buy either the performance or the character for a second. Read more
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: If the film is a bit too soft on its subject, it is even more taken with its leading lady. Theron overwhelms. Read more
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: [An] intricate and tender movie. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: [Theron] plays an unredeemable woman with uncompromising reality. That's a powerful accomplishment, even if Monster never quite figures out what to do with it. Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: Monster is a brave, unsettling film, a little rough around the edges but unflinching to the end. Read more
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: Wuornos was a far more complex creature than most accounts of her will allow, and Patty Jenkins' tough and tender movie has caught the contradictions of a woman stranded between unwarranted hope and unavoidable despair. Read more
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: Theron breaks through with a ferocious performance -- a real career-changer. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: This isn't a portrait; it's a posthumous grounds for an appeal. Read more
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: It will be hard to lure audiences to this downer, but its acute understanding of such a monster's misery furthers our comprehension of how and why human atrocities occur. Read more
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: Ms. Theron has ventured far beyond mere surface impersonation -- although that is startling enough -- to an insightful penetration of her subject's psyche. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: As Aileen Wuornos, the notorious Florida murderer, Charlize Theron pulls off the year's most astounding screen makeover. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Brutal, brilliant, depressing and riveting. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: There's the uncanny sensation that Theron has forgotten the camera and the script and is directly channeling her ideas about Aileen Wuornos. She has made herself the instrument of this character. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: Charlize Theron pours herself into the body and mind of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Patty Jenkins' devastating directing debut. Read more
Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle: Heavier, with bad teeth and blotchy skin, Theron is nearly unrecognizable in the role. She's also astonishingly good. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Theron digs so deep into her doomed character that it's impossible not to feel empathy. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: The hype around the film Monster is justified by the performance of Charlize Theron. Read more
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: In the same way the beefed-up Theron fills the movie's tightly composed frames to bursting while pushing everything else to the margins, her showstopping rage blows through film like a tornado. Read more
David Rooney, Variety: The drama's uncompromising nature and, above all, Charlize Theron's powerful, physically astonishing performance should attract the kind of critical attention necessary to mine the specialized niche. Read more
Laura Sinagra, Village Voice: Since Jenkins and Ricci never allow Wall to become more than a curious cipher with a Billy Idol sneer ... our outsider vantage makes for an ultimately unsatisfying voyeurism. Read more