Great Acting - Bad Movie

Rating: 3/10 (3 March 2005)

Everyone I knew could only describe this movie with one word -- "disturbing". This, of course, made me really want to see it. So I did. Guess what. Disturbing didn't describe it. Allow me to summarize this film in one word: "boring". Here's the basic premise of the film. A hideously ugly woman that is supposedly Charlize Theron plays a white trash Florida prostitute who meets an innocent and naive lesbian played by Christina Ricci. Charlize tries to straighten up after a bad incident with a John, but can't because she has no skills to get a job. That's as deep as I want to get, because I would be giving away the movie. This really wouldn't be a bad idea though, because watching the movie is torture. Charlize Theron does a remarkable job of acting, unfortunately, she picked a bad movie to decide to do that in. She's got quite the mouth on her. I've heard sailors that didn't curse like she does in this film. Christina Ricci is her typical self. She's the same character she is in every film. The biggest problem is that this film just drags along. It takes forever to get started. When it does, it doesn't go anywhere else for a long time. There was just too much filler time spent in between plot points.
A very disappointing 3*