Monster
- Director: Patty Jenkins
- Writer: Patty Jenkins
- Producer: David Alvarado; Mark Damon
CGiii Comment
An astounding performance by Theron - deserving the Oscar.
Wournos is very well documented - partial thanks goes to Broomfield - after watching his documentaries, it is mesmerising as to how close Theron came to be her.
Jenkins does well - it's very subtle...she manages to create an undeserved empathy and just as soon as it sinks in - she whips it away.
Jenkins' career should have sky-rocketed - it hasn't.
Deserving of all the praise.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
The true story of serial killer Aileen Wuernos who was convicted of luring men to their death and eventually executed in 2002. In 1989, she was working as a prostitute and finally makes a friend when she meets and begins a relationship with a young woman, Selby. Determined to straighten out her life, she tries to find legitimate work but with little education and limited social skills, she fails at every turn. She starts working as a hooker hitching rides along the local interstate highway and after robbing a few clients has an encounter with a vicious client whom she kills in self-defense. After that however she just takes to killing clients taking their money and car. Once arrested she claims self-defense but is eventually convicted.
Cast & Characters
Charlize Theron as Aileen;
Christina Ricci as Selby;
Bruce Dern as Thomas;
Lee Tergesen as Vincent Corey;
Annie Corley as Donna;
Pruitt Taylor Vince as Gene / Stuttering 'John';
Marco St. John as Evan / Undercover 'John';
Marc Macaulay as Will / Daddy 'John';
Scott Wilson as Horton / Last 'John';
Rus Blackwell as Cop;
Tim Ware as Chuck;
Stephan Jones as Lawyer;
Brett Rice as Charles;
Kaitlin Riley as Teenage Aileen;
Cree Ivey as 7-Year-Old Aileen