Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Kelvin Harrison Jr.Steve Harmon
- Jeffrey WrightMr. Harmon
- Jennifer HudsonMrs. Harmon
- Jennifer EhleKatherine O'Brien
- Tim Blake NelsonLeroy Sawicki
- John David WashingtonRichard 'Bobo' Evans
- A$AP RockyWilliam King
- Lovie SimoneRenee Pickford
- NasRaymond 'Sunset' Green
- Jharrel JeromeOsvaldo Cruz
Recommendations
- 100
Los Angeles Times
Monster is a terrific film: a strong, absorbing, beautifully performed and crafted social drama that, unfortunately, proves even timelier today than when it was shot in 2017. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
If Monster occasionally shows its YA roots with flashes of simplicity, it also tells a lean, propulsive story with style and grace. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
This is an A-list cast that consistently elevates the material, even when we’re traveling down some very familiar roads. - 70
Arizona Republic
Monster is a good movie that could have been a better one. Mandler needs to trust both his film and his audience more. Give him points for trying, but he’s just trying too hard. - 67
The Playlist
One of the strongest aspects of Monster lies in the film’s well-picked, finely tuned cast. - 63
Boston Globe
It’s solid, well-acted, thought-provoking fare, if rarely rising to the level of inspired. - 60
The Guardian
It’s in many ways a minor, almost mundane, story with an ending that chooses the small over the big but it resonates just about enough, a quiet scream in the darkness, now able to be heard in living rooms across the world. - 55
CNN
Ultimately, though, the movie feels most notable for the cast assembled, from Harrison -- who subsequently starred in "Waves" and "Luce," and is again very good here -- to smallish roles for Jerome (an Emmy winner for "When They See Us") as a witness and Washington ("Tenet" and "BlacKkKlansman") as James' partner in crime.
