Great performances, bleak film

Rating: 8/10 (26 January 2004)

Intense film that starts Charlize Theron (who just won a Golden Globe for this role) as a prostitute turned serial killer... A somewhat bleak film, but Charlize is terrific. She completly disappears into her role.. sure it took a beat or two to accept the normally flawless actress looking so unappealing.. but you quickly get into the character and forget her appearance. Christina Ricci plays her young lover... and does a good job also, but this is Charlize's movie. GRADE: A-