Your Monster

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Your Monster

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Released Oct 25

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

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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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Lauren Coates

Chicago Reader

Where Lindy’s script may be slightly lacking, Barrera and Dewey are a match made in heaven, with a simple yet undeniable opposites-attract, will-they-won’t-they dynamic that left this writer longing for a series following their domestic exploits.

Nov 20, 2024

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Megan McLachlan

The Contending

Your Monster is a horror film masquerading as a romantic comedy masquerading as a horror film, and honestly, the less you know going into it — the better — as you don’t want to spoil all the fun.

Dec 19, 2024

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Maria Lattila

Film Stories

The finale is when things really click into place and the film cashes in on those promises of horror, but by then, it may be too little, too late.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 19, 2024

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Martin Unsworth

Starburst

As a conventional story wrapped in an unconventional manner, Your Monster hits all the marks.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 13, 2024

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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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IG: SomeGuyWatchingMovies

Cliche rom-com: Sad sack girl falls for jerk, who is a monster. Unfunny, uninteresting, bad dialog/acting, partly a musical, obvious twist.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/01/24

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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.

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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