*** out of **** I don't usually like monster movies, and that is because they deliver no surprises whatsoever. They're about giant monsters attacking people and places (preferably large cities) and nothing more. The genre has gone stale. I recently saw a movie called "Big Man Japan"; a film which put a funny twist on the now-dead genre of film. Now we have an even littler film called "Monsters", which puts a rather serious twist on the subject. The film is a romantic drama … more
Reviewing Monsters is an almost impossible task because I have to include a spoiler straight away (in the third paragraph of this review). Or maybe you can consider it a warning, because armed with this knowledge you might decide to avoid this film. Or maybe it's praise, because this knowledge might make you want to see the film. Whatever you call it — spoiler, praise or warning — it's something so integral to the film, I really have to mention it. But I don't think that giving you this information … more