Synopsis
No one has any idea who I am.
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.
Monster
Cast
Kelvin Harrison Jr. Jeffrey Wright Jennifer Hudson Jennifer Ehle Tim Blake Nelson John David Washington A$AP Rocky Lovie Simone Nas Jharrel Jerome Mikey Madison Paul Ben-Victor Dorian Missick Jeremy Dash Liam Obergfoll Rege Lewis Nyleek Moore Joel Van Liew Danny Henriquez Adriana DeGirolami Jonny Coyne Roberto Lopez Amanda Crown June Ballinger Kelvin Hale Willie C. Carpenter Geisha Otero Keet Davis Teresa Avia Lim Show All…
Director
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Original Writer
Casting
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Cinematography
Executive Producers
John Legend Ali Jazayeri Dale Wells Nas Jason Cloth Daniel Crown Andrew Pollack David Gendron Ty Stiklorius Joseph Ingrassia Richard McConnell Sander Shalinsky
Production Design
Art Direction
Set Decoration
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Sound
Costume Design
Makeup
Hairstyling
Studios
Bron Studios Red Crown Productions Get Lifted Film Co. Creative Wealth Media Finance Tonik Productions Charlevoix Entertainment
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Alternative Titles
All Rise, モンスター その瞳の奥に, Le Monstre, Monstruo, Монстр, Monstro, 몬스터, מפלצת, Quái Vật, 禽兽, A szörnyeteg, Canavar Harmon, 禽獸, Potwór, هیولا, モンスター: その瞳の奥に
Releases by Date
Premiere
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USA
Sundance Film Festival
Theatrical
15 Jul 2021
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Denmark
Digital
07 May 2021
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AustraliaMA15+
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Brazil16
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France16
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Greece16+
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SingaporeNC16
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South Korea18
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UK15
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USAR
Releases by Country
Australia
07 May 2021
- DigitalMA15+ Netflix
Brazil
07 May 2021
- Digital16 Netflix
Denmark
15 Jul 2021
- Theatrical
France
07 May 2021
- Digital16 Netflix
Greece
07 May 2021
- Digital16+ Netflix
Singapore
07 May 2021
- DigitalNC16 Netflix
South Korea
07 May 2021
- Digital18 Netflix
UK
07 May 2021
- Digital15 Netflix
USA
22 Jan 2018
- Premiere Sundance Film Festival
07 May 2021
- DigitalR Netflix
Popular reviews
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Despite its over the top, flashy direction and tendency to fall into the overly predictable at times, Monster, directed by Anthony Mandler and starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., Jennifer Ehle, Tim Blake Nelson, Rakim "A$AP Rocky" Mayers, John David Washington, Jennifer Hudson, and Jeffrey Wright, was a tense, interesting and overall impactful courtroom drama that puts our own perceptions of the justice system to test, focusing on race issues to tell its gut-wrenching, suspenseful story that ultimately won me over.
Courtroom dramas have long been a favourite of mine and when in court, the film works like an utter treat. However it’s the moments surrounding his life that, while needed to tell the story, sadly fall quite flat when put into retrospective,…
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"12 Years a Slave" where he got his start,
Harrison Jr. has had some good parts.
One can deduce,
Through "Waves" and "Luce",
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Am I the only who think Kelvin Harrison Jr. demands or only accepts films that has a great aesthetic and has stylish cinematography and camera work? Lure, Waves and then this one. I am starting to notice a pattern.
Having said that, I can't lie about the fact that an important part of my enjoyment came from this. Although the cuts at times could be too excessive in my opinion, it felt better and was more cohesive than something like "Mortal Kombat". It took a long time for me to get used to the voice over, and especially at the beginning it felt very redundant. I mean, did I really need to know how the jury looked and felt when…
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👍🏻68%
YouTube review - Click HERE
2021 list - Click HEREA smart, likeable, 17-year-old film student from Harlem sees his world turned upside down when he's charged with a murder. We follow his dramatic journey through a complex legal battle.
Kelvin Harrison Jr. is one of those actors that will have me tuning in no matter what. This film has struggled finding a home for years, but it finally landed at Netflix, and this feels like the perfect home. Featuring a stacked cast and crew, Monster gets a lot right with its characters. The story is told through Steve’s perspective as we are taken on this emotional journey. He has been accused of being involved with a crime that has taken…
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Monster deals with themes of perception and trust. What do you see when you look at me? Depends on whose looking at you as everyone sees something different. Kelvin Harris jr gives a great performance once again backed by solid performances from a good cast(Jeffery Wright, Jennifer Hudson, ASAP Rocky). John David Washington and hip hop legend Nas also cameo in the film. The film is similar in message and tone to another film starring Kelvin Harrison jr called Luce. Which is a much better film imho.
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On the surface it could of been a generic drama that we’ve seen before
But it’s not. With an incredible performance from KHJ, & a unique director style! Monster ends up being a gut wrenching, tense, & emotional journey that will move you. While at the same time sickening you how the courtroom could do this to one person
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A third entry in Kelvin Harrison’s Jr.’s grainy-blue, visually pleasing but narratively messy ‘Young Man with Big Opportunities and Bigger Problems’ trilogy (or technically the second since it was initially released at Sundance in 2018, before the style over substance behemoth of Waves from 2019). Between this and that plus Luce, he’s acquired one hell of a pretty looking and emotionally bearing CV. While the aforementioned films are competent if unremarkable, as a showcase for Harrison’s talent, they are momentous. A viscously talented actor, who’s impending bounteous career is written in stone.
Quite different from Harrison’s last courtroom outing, once furiously gazing on from the outside, now himself in the hotseat. It’s fine. Not as good as the sum of…
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After 3 years in distribution purgatory, renowned music video director and photographer Anthony Mandler's debut feature film was finally released by Netflix. In those 3 years, obviously far too many people put their hands on the film, resulting in a lot of heavy-handed melodrama and a bloated runtime, despite being just 90 minutes long.
What Monster has done right is the casting. Kelvin Harrison is one of the more impressive young actors I've seen lately, and as wrong-place-wrong-time 17 year old honors student Steven Harmon, charged with felony murder alongside three others, he carries the entire film. Harrison has an amazingly expressive face; every little bit of pain, sadness, joy and relief radiating from him. Jennifer Ehle provides good support…
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On one hand, it’s utterly tragic and greatly speaks to the commercial viability of independent cinema that this film with several talented actors and big names took *three years* from its Sundance premiere to finally land any sort of distribution and get dumped onto Netflix with little fanfare. On the other hand, it’s easy to see why after watching it. Far too frenetic stylistically with unnecessary narration and superficial with an uneven structure. Definitely a film made by a director who has a reputation for music videos and television commercials.
Kelvin innocent obviously.
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Top notch courtroom drama that is well acted, nicely paced and uniquely plotted. At first the timeline jumps annoyed me but once I picked it all up and got the hang of it (it actually isn’t that hard to grasp, just me being lazy) I found really enjoyed the film. The lead actor is fantastic, he portrays so many sides to this character that is impressive for a young actor, and also me being a thirsty bitch I have to say that he was completely gorgeous. Jennifer Hudson is wasted in a role that gives her absolutely nothing at all to do, but surprisingly Jennifer Ehle actually delivered some very strong work, who’s was surprise because I didn’t even know she was in this movie, not because she’s not a great actress. It's been marketed with Hudson as the female lead but its actually Ehle.
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A$AP Rocky, JDW & Jennifer Hudson? Yes, please. They barely had any screen time tho 😪
The cinematography is focused more on aesthetics than anything, but it compliments the narrative, the lead character's personality and mindset.
The story is quite tragic, no real winners, like in many similar cases.