Adventures in Netflix: Monsters

Given that the words indie and sci-fi often don't work well together Monsters breaks the mold as a surprisingly good indie sci-fi film. The two main actors were above average and the movie looked and sounded great. Also, while there weren't many, the effects were, again, surprisingly good. What surprised me most was probably how moving this film was. The story was really simple but with that simplicity came a chance to explore the beauty of the movie's landscape as well as the simple beauty of the two character's stories. In particular I thought Andrew's relationship with his son was touching and, the last sequence (which I won't give away) was pretty spectacular. 4/5 Stars