Monsters (2010)
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 144
Fresh: 103 | Rotten: 41
It doesn't quite live up to its intriguing premise, but Monsters is a surprising blend of alien-invasion tropes, political themes, and relationship drama.
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Critic Reviews: 28
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 10
It doesn't quite live up to its intriguing premise, but Monsters is a surprising blend of alien-invasion tropes, political themes, and relationship drama.
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Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Soon after, new life forms began to appear and grow. In an effort to stem the destruction that resulted, half of Mexico was quarantined as an INFECTED ZONE. Today, the American and Mexican military still struggle to contain the massive creatures... Our story begins when a jaded US journalist (McNairy) begrudgingly agrees to
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Whitney Able
Sam Wynden
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A better-than-average debut by a filmmaker who merits watching. Let's hope that he keeps some of his indie spirit when Hollywood comes calling.
Top CriticThe most interesting thing here is the budget.
Too much of Monsters simply reminds you of other, better movies...
Monsters is part immigration parable, part war allegory with a dose of It Happened One Night and The African Queen tossed in.
A seamless blending of romance, road movie and monster flick.
A sharp little low-fi monster movie operating from a tantalizing premise.
Monsters asks greater questions of its audience than the usual special effects yawn-fests.
This unforgettable debut marks Edwards out as a huge talent and one who'll likely find himself showered with Hollywood cash to support future endeavours.
Monsters looks and feels like a major studio film, and Edwards is clearly a talent to watch.
An astonishing achievement for first-time British feature director Gareth Edwards.
McNairy and Able are stick figures who spend all their screen time spouting risible platitudes about how America sure looks different when you see it from the other side of a wall.
It's a journey that involves plenty of hazards, none more dire than the prospect of romantic scenes between two actors with zero chemistry.
Expect cool weird things from [Edwards] in the future.
Monsters virtually redefines guerilla filmmaking for our technologically attuned generation, and despite its many flaws, it is an enticing career-maker for director Edwards.
... give Edwards props for making the effort, and for so effectively creating a convincing portrait of the world under siege from a slow, evolutionary invasion.
While the plot appears to meander, the impact is undeniable.
A road movie, a romantic drama, a post-apocalyptic monster thriller, and more.
Next to 'Catfish,' 'Monsters' is probably the most anti-climatic ending of the year.
A script not even a mother could love
The movie itself is pretty slow moving and the giant alien monsters are disappointing because they appear on the screen so briefly. The really impressive thing about it is how little it cost to make.
A genre-blurring gem that combines elements of sci-fi creature feature, road movie and indie romance ... District 9 meets It Happened One Night, with a dash of Mumblecore.
"Sunny with a chance of creatures" could well be the weather report from the world of Monsters, one of the most startling movies of our new DIY filmmaking culture.
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- Andrew Kaulder: I don't cause it. I just document it.
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- Sam Wynden: Doesn't that kind of bother you. That you need something bad to happen, to profit from it?
- Andrew Kaulder: You mean like a doctor?
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