therone brilliant, ricci superb

Rating: Null/10 (7 August 2004)

A superb, moving, harrowing movie. Littered with shocking moments and and gritty reality. This is not a movie to watch when you want to feel good but it IS a movie to watch when you want to get an in site into that world that we all know exists but we never want to be in.
Thankfully the viewer is left to decide whether they are sympathetic to Aileen or not. There is no movie writer sway to the story - it is bleak and honest.
Unfortunately the movie doesn't show Aileen's decline whilst in prison and I felt that there was an element missing from the story because of that.
A lot has been written about Therone's performance but Christina Ricci is fantastic also.