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Wow the Realism
The realism of this film is unbelivable to see the beautiful Charlize Theron playing the haywire role of a real life serial killer Aileen Wournos who was executed in 2002.The acting was Powerful,as it showed the horrendous life of a prostitute driving Aileen Wournos to the killing of at least seven men in Florida.The movie shows some sympathy towards Aileen and the life she lived but, no vindication towards her actions.Christina Ricci plays Selby Wall a young confused gril of her sexuality trying to find her way in life ends up finding Aileen and becoming sexual parterns and best friends as they are both in there own little world.Bruce Dern gives a small prerformance but a good one as the closest friend Aileen had.So watch this riveting true story come to a end,and be flabbergasted by Charlize's portrayal of Aileen Wournos as she is flawless in this role,and Christina Ricci gives a solid performance as well.Enjoy!!!!

This Movie is unbelieveable a must see
Charlize Theron should win every award for an actor she is amazing in this raw and uncomprimizing movie. Theron plays Aileen a hooker who's been to hell and can't seem to catch the next bus out. Pregnant at thirteen and molested since she was a child Aileen had been hooking ever since she could remember, not only does the story of Aileen this Hooker on a killing rampage makes you want to cry so will Theron's acting which is amazing if i haven't said that already, if you seen her in Meet Joe Young you might not want to see this movie the Theron you saw in that disney movie is not the same Theron you'll see in Monster, The whole time i was watching this movie i couldn't believe that this is the beautiful Charlize Theron, her character is ugly and raw everything hurtfull Watch this movie and be shocked, mesmerized, and fixated.

We Do Indeed See What Makes Her Tick
Some reviewers of this movie felt that the film really didn't show us what makes Aileen Wuornos, the serial killer, tick. I beg to differ. Charlize Theron, in her outstanding job of acting, magnificently brings out the suffering, the loneliness, the despair of this unfortunate individual. Aileen comes from a dreary background (her mother abandons her, her father commits suicide, and she turns to prostitution in her early teens). The movie opens with Aileen contemplating suicide. Then she meets her future lover, Selby, in a bar, and becomes intoxicated with the type of friendship that has been denied her all of her life. She becomes alive, wanting nothing else but to hold on to her new lover, and make her happy.

She engages in a frenzied bout of hooking in order to get some cash to sustain her in this new relationship. A tragedy ensues in which Aileen kills a psychopathic john. Aileen continues to kill, mostly for the cash, and to have a car to get around in. In her desire to leave the life of a pro she tries to get a job to support herself and Selby. She doesn't have a clue about how to dress properly or interview for a job. The experience is frustrating and painful to her, and she sees, as do we, what a true outcast she is. She puts on a sour grapes bravado with Selby: who wants their stupid jobs anyway.

This carefully scripted movie leads the viewer to an understanding of Aileen, but does not promote sympathy for her. Her murders are too repellent for sympathy. Ms Theron is excellent in showing the frantic hopelessness of Aileen, who struggles desperately to hold her life together. She wants to live with Selby, have a job, and a house in the suburbs, but knows deep down under the macho front she tries to maintain, that her dreams will never be realized.

See inside Aileen? We see inside her with every wild wide eyed look; with every gesture; with every word she utters. Her anger, her walk, her desperation all show us a person who is totally outside society. There is no way she will ever fit in. We know it and she knows it. Within the first ten minutes of the film we know that Aileen Wuornos is doomed.

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