Disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (16 August 2008)

The acting was flawless, I can't take anything away from both Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci. When I read the synopsis, I thought "Yes, this is a film for me". But the film let me down. Maybe my expectations were too high.
It sounds like the kind of film that I would enjoy, some serial killing and violence, something horrific. This film was very horrific, and at times you could really feel for the Aileen. But there was just a little too much dialogue at times.
I can see why this is such a critically acclaimed film, the story was good and the acting was superb. The relationship between Aileen and Selby was of course important, but I think that the director focused too much on this at times. It really slowed the film down and I started to get bored in between the action scenes.