Monster
2003
****
Director: Patty Jenkins
Cast: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen, Annie Corley
Aileen Wuornos was executed for killing six men. This intelligent drama concentrates solely on the perpetrator and tries to show what drove a down-and-out prostitute to take the lives of those men. Charlize Theron is awesome in the Oscar-winning leading role, not merely because she looks unglamorous but because she has perfected all aspects of the character (facial ticks, body language, speech patterns).
