One of the best performances ever!

Rating: Null/10 (23 April 2006)

I knew going into this film that it was going to be disturbing and painfully real. However, I left feeling deeply moved and sad for Aileen Wuornos. Through this movie you see what a painful life she lived and how messed up she was. And Charlize portrayed this AMAZINGLY. She was SO convincing. I don't see how people can say the Oscar was to go to anyone else. That would have been an outrage. Christina Ricci gives a good supporting performance, and Jenkins has good writing, but Theron stole the show. The whole movie depended on the actress who played Aileen since the movie has a character-driven conflict and plot. Theron went above and beyond "acting" as Wuornos and became her. If anything, you should go rent this movie for Theron's performance to see what real acting is.