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Your Monster

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Your Monster

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Released Oct 25, 2024

1h 42m

Romance

Comedy

Horror

Musical

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Your Monster tells the story of the soft-spoken actor Laura Franco (Melissa Barrera), who is dumped by her longtime boyfriend (Edmund Donovan) while recovering from surgery and retreats to her childhood home to recover. With her future looking bleak, insult is added to injury when Laura discovers her ex is staging a musical that she helped him develop. But out of these gut-wrenching life changes emerges a monster (Tommy Dewey) with whom she finds a connection, encouraging Laura to follow her dreams, open her heart and fall in love with her inner rage.

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Critics Consensus

A wickedly delightful genre mashup led by Melissa Barrera, Your Monster is pleasantly packed with songs, guts, and heart.

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Mark Kermode

Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)

I absolutely loved it.

Dec 12, 2024

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

Caroline Lindy’s feature debut is a droll, if uneven blend of comedy, romance, fantasy and horror that relies heavily on the off-the-charts chemistry between Barrera and Dewey, who manages to convince as a charismatic romantic lead.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 3, 2024

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Catherine Bray

Guardian

As fun as the boys are, this is Barrera’s show. She is tremendous, and seemingly having a tremendous amount of fun.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 27, 2024

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Brooke Obie

Black Girl Watching

When I say this movie has everything, I mean everything: Rom-com-horror-fantasy-MUSICAL. And it’s brilliant at every genre.

Apr 18, 2025

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Matt Pais

MattPais.com

Yes, it’s better than “The Shape of Water,” as most movies and some headaches are. But the cross-species rom-com “Your Monster” gets stuck in narrative nowhere.

Rated: C

Mar 9, 2025

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Margot Harrison

Seven Days (VT)

...Your Monster has one of the more memorable finales in recent memory, thanks to Barrera's riveting performance of an original musical number by the Lazours.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 19, 2025

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Nat

It was weird and I loved that about it.. lol

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/21/25

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TMM

A delightfully charming film. Melissa Barrera and Tommy Dewey are wonderful in their roles, and showcase excellent chemistry. I am unsure how I feel about the ending. It could be brilliant or disappointing. I will decide after my second viewing.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/08/24

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hazelsbite

This was a cute love yourself beauty and the beast movie. The ending was a little confusing but after it sinks in you realize the beast is the part of yourself that gets angry at not being loved the right way.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/07/24

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KL

This was better than Beauty & the Beast😁. I'm glad I found it. Might have enjoyed it more as a series, but good dark fun

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/12/24

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Latte

Melissa Barrera should be nominated for every award ever

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/04/24

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monica f

Sooo good!! I loved the costumes and movie twist!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/03/24

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Synopsis

Your Monster tells the story of the soft-spoken actor Laura Franco (Melissa Barrera), who is dumped by her longtime boyfriend (Edmund Donovan) while recovering from surgery and retreats to her childhood home to recover. With her future looking bleak, insult is added to injury when Laura discovers her ex is staging a musical that she helped him develop. But out of these gut-wrenching life changes emerges a monster (Tommy Dewey) with whom she finds a connection, encouraging Laura to follow her dreams, open her heart and fall in love with her inner rage.

Director: Caroline Lindy
Producer: Kayla Foster, Shannon Reilly, Melanie Donkers, Kira Carstensen, Caroline Lindy
Screenwriter: Caroline Lindy
Distributor: Vertical
Production Co: Bombo Sports & Entertainment
Rating: R (Brief Bloody Violence|Some Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Horror, Musical
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 25, 2024, Limited
Runtime: 1h 42m

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