The most extraordinary performance by an actress I have seen

Rating: 10/10 (19 February 2004)

An astonishing movie, made by two extraordinary performances, those of Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci. Ms. Theron is so seamless that one actually feels one is watching Wourmos.
The movie avoids the obvious pitfalls of either demonizing her, or painting her as hard done by, although one feels that she is precisely these things, a tragic but ultimately unsalvageable human being.
All this pertinent information aside, words fail me. Acting this good comes along once in a generation, if that. Stunningly dreadful story, stunningly good Theron.