Good acting but lengthy

Rating: 1/10 (6 August 2004)

I thought this movie was going to be superb after hearing Ms Theron had won an Oscar for it; however I was a little knocked back by the slow detailed script and lack of imagination of the Director to get the best out of his actors and surroundings. Basically I thought this movie verged on boring. By the end of the film and I think my Nth cup of tea/coffee I didn't get the point of making this movie. Was she an unfortunate abused child? Was it just a gory murder movie? No this was well thought out, but the problem with this script like all others like this is that it was based on a true event. Not all true events are exciting or that interesting, just because some strange woman starts killing people doesn't mean she's interesting. The film ended very quickly thank God, I was very disappointed.