Hell Hath No Fury...

Rating: 8/10 (28 January 2004)

"Monster" is the story of Aileen Wuornos, the infamous prostitute turned serial killer. With a subject like that, don't expect any light treatment of the story. This movie is very brutal, but well made. Much has been said of Charlize Theron's Oscar-nominated performance as Wuornos, not to mention her dramatic transformation. You can barely recognize her! As the killer, Theron is an unsettling screen presence. At times, you almost feel sorry for Aileen Wuornos for becoming the horrible thing she turned out to be. She is shown as somewhere between a woman done wrong, and a walking nightmare. It took brave people to make such an unflinching look into the mind of such a notorious murderer, and it takes brave people to see it!