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

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.

| Original Score: C | Mar 9, 2025

...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.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 19, 2025

With a brilliant co-star and a script that doesn’t take itself too seriously, Lindy and Barrera deliver a tale of self-love that’s not so easily forgotten.

| Feb 3, 2025

Your Monster, with its multiple tonal/thematic/aesthetic pieces that don’t quite fit together, needs a strong lead character and performance to hold it together – but Barrera doesn’t quite pull it off.

| Jan 26, 2025

[A] s]mart and sneaky blend of backstage musical, dark beauty-and-the-beast-inspired fairy tale, psychological drama and horror movie.

| Dec 25, 2024

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

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.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 19, 2024

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

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 13, 2024

I absolutely loved it.

| Dec 12, 2024

What plays out mostly as a goofy rom-com constantly threatens to turn uglier ... If it falters a little before the bows, with Barrera not quite landing an antihero twist ... then it’s still fun

| Dec 5, 2024

Uses the conventions of the romcom to explore one woman’s journey to engage with life on her own terms.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 4, 2024

A debut feature that doesn’t lose grip on the premise, and actually develops it in dramatically interesting and surprising ways

| Dec 4, 2024

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.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 3, 2024

The romance, despite Monster’s copious hair and fangs, is still conventional, leaving it to comedy to bring some consistency to the film. Thankfully it does.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 2, 2024

Two very appealing lead performances in a Frankenstein'd (complimentary) horror-rom-com.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 29, 2024

Based on a short film of the same name, Your Monster sometimes seems like it might fall apart at the seams as a feature film; but while it’s a little rough around the edges, it still mostly succeeds because of Melissa Barrera’s fully committed performance

| Nov 29, 2024

Your Monster is a quirky rom-com that has plenty of entertainment to offer, from its sweet central romance to a deft commentary on imbalanced relationships, which is enough to overlook some of its heavy-handed moments.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 28, 2024

Your Monster is deliciously deranged and a win for original cinema.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 27, 2024

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

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 27, 2024