2021 · crime · drama · monster
Monster
Directed by Anthony Mandler1h 38m2021
The story of Steve Harmon, a 17-year-old honor student whose world comes crashing down around him when he is charged with felony murder.
Our read: Monster (2021) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded crime · drama · monster entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
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How Monster feels to watch.
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“You want a courtroom drama asking who gets labeled monster in America's justice system.”
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