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jeffeet
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Monster! (1999)
A small town is about to be ravaged by a 1950"s era giant monster. It is up to our hero to accept his role and vanquish the beast.
30 May 2005 - 8 out of 9 users found this review helpful.
This is a fun movie for anyone who has wasted a Friday night or two watching low-brow sci-fi from the 50s on T.V.. It is loaded with in-jokes and references without "winking" too much to the audience. The acting is good, direction is competent and the tone is generally sweet. The special effects are "cheesey, befitting this genera. Consequently, as an homage to the 1950s it works, but as contemporary Sci-Fi, it doesn't. If you loved the "Iron Giant", you will at least find this movie interesting. You will learn the "rules"of rampaging giant monster movies that can be subsequently used while watching "real" 50's films. The "Giant Gila Monster will never be the same.
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