Alex - I can appreciate when a director tries to put a unique spin on a tired genre. For instance, take The Monster. The premise is simple: a mother drives her 12 year old daughter, with whom she has a strained relationship, to stay with her father and his new wife for a few weeks. As the film slowly makes its way to the predictable spot in the road where their car will break down and some mysterious monster will stalk them (because apparently cars only break down at night and in the rain, and monsters only stalk their prey at night and in the rain), we are treated to flashbacks to show how poor the mother's parenting skills are. It works the first couple of times; but after that third/fourth/fifth flashback, I'm like "I get it! She sucks at being a mom!" The rest of the film is filled with the same tired tropes and cliches we've all seen. As the film closes, I asked myself, "What's the point?" 3/10
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