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Monsters

2010

Gareth Edwards

Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able, Annalee Jefferies, Paul Archer ...

5.2

10,247

Sci-Fi. Drama Six years ago, alien life was discovered in the Solar System. However, a NASA probe returning with samples crashed over Mexico and now half the country has been turned into an infection zone by the US military. Photojournalist Andrew Kaulder (Scoot McNairy) is in San Jose, Mexico when he receives orders to divert to the hospital to pick up Samantha Wynden (Whitney Able), the daughter of his news agency’s owner, and escort her to safety ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Monsters" is a rather special achievement. Think of it as a movie that M. Night Shyamalan (and we) would be happy he made. (...) Edwards is brilliant at evoking the awe and beauty he has been building toward (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Robert Abele LA Weekly	"Although the vérité aesthetics of Monsters will invite comparisons to Cloverfield and District 9, what galls most is the infuriating lack of purpose beyond its backdrop"	NEG
United States	Joe Leydon Variety	"By audaciously turning inside out the narrative conventions of traditional sci-fi thrillers about extraterrestrial invaders, 'Monsters' offers a uniquely satisfying entertainment"	POS
United States	Joe Morgenstern The Wall Street Journal	"What brings Monsters down from its extremely low perch is a conspicuous lack of monstrosity (...) together with the vacuousness of the hero and heroine"	NEG

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