Monster

Written by:
Patty Jenkins

Directed by:
Patty Jenkins

Made in:
USA & Germany in 2003

Actors:
Charlize Theron .... Aileen
Christina Ricci .... Selby
Bruce Dern .... Thomas
Lee Tergesen .... Vincent Corey
Annie Corley .... Donna

Plot:
A dark tale based on the true story of Aileen Wuornos, one of America's first female serial killers. Wuornos had a difficult and cruel childhood plagued by abuse and drug use in Michigan. She became a prostitute by the age of thirteen, the same year she became pregnant. She eventually moved to Florida where she began earning a living as a highway prostitute--servicing the desires of semi-truck drivers. The tale focuses on the nine month period between 1989 and 1990, during which Wuornos had a lesbian relationship with a woman named Selby. And during that very same time, she also began murdering her clientele in order to get money without using sex. This turned the tables on a rather common phenomena of female highway prostitutes being the victims of serial killers--instead Wuornos, herself, carried out the deeds of a cold-blooded killer. IMDB

Review:
I put off seeing this movie, but I'm not sure why. :/ Finally we bought the DVD and I wish it hadn't taken us so long to see it.

It was brilliant! And it is very sad and depressing.

Definately a movie worth watching. It is very moving and the acting is some of the best I've ever seen.

Deserves no less than: