
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 North America.... (Full plot summary below)
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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 North America.
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| TheShiznit.co.ukAli GrayMonsters asks greater questions of its audience than the usual special effects yawn-fests. |
| Total FilmMatt GlasbyAs a film it's a couple of notches shy of a masterpiece, but as an achievement it's completely without precedent. |
| Digital SpySimon ReynoldsThis unforgettable debut marks Edwards out as a huge talent and one who'll likely find himself showered with Hollywood cash to support future endeavours. |
| Financial TimesNigel AndrewsThis film is so edgy it hardly needs its monsters. (But don't worry, it gets them.) |
| EmpireDan JolinAn amazing achievement for a 'first-time' filmmaker, which measures up to the finest indies for performance and character-work, and the biggest blockbusters for jaw-dropping effects. And it has the year's best sex scene, too. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)I suspect writer/director/producer/effects designer/cinematographer/production designer Gareth Edwards is aware he has bitten off more than he could possibly chew... |
| At the Movies (Australia)David StrattonThis is such an interesting film in the riffs that you can get out of it about American attitudes to outsiders, so that at the end, particularly at the end, you wonder who the true monsters are. |
| ScreenwizeSimon WeavingBrit director Gareth Edwards cleverly keeps the focus of this intriguing and riveting sci-fi love story on the classy performances from the two leads. |
| Jam! MoviesJim SlotekLike its title characters -- squid-like aliens who encroach on our ecosystems -- Monsters represents a kind of encroachment of kitchen-table filmmaking on Hollywood's turf. |
| Moving Pictures MagazineAnnlee EllingsonMonsters suffers from lazy oversights in an otherwise compelling indie film that's often gorgeously photographed by Edwards in authentic, exotic locations. |