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Monster (Tamil, 2019) review
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Filmi Score
Very good
5 reviews
70
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Critics say this SJ Suryah-led man-vs-rat comedy is inventive, charming and carried by his performance, though most agree the back half runs long and could use tighter editing.
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Summary
Monster (2019, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 70 from 5 critic reviews, is rated 7+ by Filmi (CBFC: U), and streams on Prime Video in the US.
A compassionate man faces a test of his faith from a rat that shows no sign of leaving his home.
Where to watchAvailability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.
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Cast & crew
Cast
Directed by Nelson Venkatesan · written by Nelson Venkatesan & Sankar Dass · music Justin Prabhakaran
Nelson VenkatesanDirector · Writer
Sankar DassWriter
Justin PrabhakaranMusic
Gokul BenoyCinematography
VJ Sabu JosephEditing
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Production designB.Sivasankar
CostumePravinraj · Perumal Selvam
ChoreographySanthosh Murugan
LyricsYugabharathi · Karthik Netha · Sankar Dass
ActionSudesh
MakeupGows Mohideen
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Summary
A compassionate man faces a test of his faith from a rat that shows no sign of leaving his home.
Monster (2019, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 70 from 5 critic reviews, is rated 7+ by Filmi (CBFC: U), and streams on Prime Video in the US.
Where to watch
Availability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.What the critics said
5 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
The critic’s own number where they gave one
Baradwaj Rangan ✓ Claimed · 31 May 2019
Rangan calls Monster a charming, gently funny live-action cartoon, praising SJ Suryah's performance and the film's slapstick invention; his one… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
83
M Suganth · 17 May 2019
Monster Movie Review {3.5/5}: Critic Review of Monster by Times of India Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 75
70
Anupama Subramanian · 18 May 2019
Subramanian praises SJ Suryah's performance and the comic support cast, calling the climax's message effective, but faults the insipid smuggler… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
66
Siddarth Srinivas · 17 May 2019
Monster Movie Review Read it there →
Published · 3/5
Filmi’s reading 65
60
Sreedhar Pillai · 18 May 2019
Pillai calls this SJ Suryah-led man-vs-rat comedy a fairly engaging novelty anchored by a strong lead performance, but faults an overlong, preachy… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
60
How this number was made. We read every review and derive a 0–100 reading from each — including where the critic printed a number, which stays first on its row, because it’s theirs. The Filmi Score is the mean of 5 readings; 2 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2.1, computed 26 Oct 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.
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Where can I watch Monster?
Monster is streaming on OTT: Prime Video (India, the US, the UK and Canada) and Amazon Mx Player (India). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Monster?
Monster has a Filmi Score of 70 (Very good), the mean of 5 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 60 (Firstpost) to 83 (Film Companion). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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