It's hard to believe Charlize Theron played the lead...

Rating: 6/10 (22 December 2004)

because with the extra pounds, brown contact lenses, and make up to give her bad skin make her unrecognizable. She was very good and deserved the acting awards she got, but overall the movie was just OK. It seemed more like an HBO movie since the plot was simple and it moved along slowly. And they uglyed Christina Ricci; she looks bad with a mullet. But the film does deserve some of the criticism it got by making Aileen almost sympathetic. There was nothing sympathetic about her. She killed her johns for money and it was premeditated.
And for those interested, the make out scenes with Theron and Ricci were very mild to what's in other films.
FINAL VERDICT: It wasn't the best film of the year, but at least it had a plot that made sense and wasn't unbelievable. So, if you like seeing stuff on serial killers, I recommend it.