Performance and story great

Rating: 9/10 (9 March 2004)

Despite many comments that Theron's performance is great but that there is no story, I disagree heartily. If you are looking for a cops and robbers detective story ending in a trial type of film, then skip this one. Instead, it shows the deterioration of a character in front of your eyes, going from someone starry-eyed and desperately seeking love to trying to live a "normal" life without any clue to being a victim and ending up completely out of touch with reality. Theron plays the perfect tragic character in that Wuornos is fated to be doomed. It may not be true to the historical version (the trial, Wuornos in the limelight), but it is a great character study and one of the most amazing performances I have ever seen on film. It is not uplifting though and may be a real downer for you.