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Reviews: 527 user | 182 critic | 40 from Metacritic.com Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer. Director:Patty JenkinsWriter:Patty Jenkins |
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The true story of serial killer Aileen Wuernos who was convicted of luring men to their death and eventually executed in 2002. In 1989, she was working as a prostitute and finally makes a friend when she meets and begins a relationship with a young woman, Selby. Determined to straighten out her life, she tries to find legitimate work but with little education and limited social skills, she fails at every turn. She starts working as a hooker hitching rides along the local interstate highway and after robbing a few clients has an encounter with a vicious client whom she kills in self-defense. After that however she just takes to killing clients taking their money and car. Once arrested she claims self-defense but is eventually convicted. Written by garykmcd
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The first female serial killer of America See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong violence and sexual content, and for pervasive language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
30 January 2004 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Monster: Asesina en serie See more »Box Office
Budget:
$4,500,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$86,831 (USA) (26 December 2003)Gross:
£2,435,557 (UK) (11 June 2004)Company Credits
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[narrating]
Aileen: I always wanted to be in the movies.
[pause]
Aileen: When I was little I thought for sure that one day, I could be a big, big star. Or maybe just beautiful... beautiful and rich, like the women on TV. Yeah, I had a lot of dreams. And I guess you can call me a real romantic, because I truly believe that one day, they'll come true. So I dreamed about it for hours. As the years went by, I learnt to stop sharing them with people. They said I was dreaming. But back then, I believed it...
[...]
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(1980)
Written by John Holt, Tyrone Evans, Howard Barrett
Performed by Blondie
Courtesy of EMI Records
Under License from Embassy Music Corp./Music Sales West
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The biker bar scenes were filmed at "the Last Resort" - a bar frequented by the real life Aileen Wuornos, and the site where she was actually arrested. The bar owner (who capitalized on Wuornos' infamy by hanging a sign out in front of the bar advertising "cool beer and Killer Women") makes a cameo as the bartender who threatens to cut off Wuornos for being over her tab limit. See more »Goofs
Selby wakes up to find Aileen cutting newspaper articles and placing them in a silver box. When Aileen sees Selby, she closes the box. For the rest of the scene, the box is open. See more »Quotes
[first lines][narrating]
Aileen: I always wanted to be in the movies.
[pause]
Aileen: When I was little I thought for sure that one day, I could be a big, big star. Or maybe just beautiful... beautiful and rich, like the women on TV. Yeah, I had a lot of dreams. And I guess you can call me a real romantic, because I truly believe that one day, they'll come true. So I dreamed about it for hours. As the years went by, I learnt to stop sharing them with people. They said I was dreaming. But back then, I believed it...
[...]
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Soundtracks
Tide Is High(1980)
Written by John Holt, Tyrone Evans, Howard Barrett
Performed by Blondie
Courtesy of EMI Records
Under License from Embassy Music Corp./Music Sales West
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Charlize Theron's performance in this movie was so incredible I felt compelled to shout about it to every single person I know. I was so blown away by her that her performance actually reignited my own passion for acting and made me realize why I'm trying so hard to break into this business and to do it well. I never thought that Charlize Theron (of whom I was never a big fan) of all people could make me remember what movie-making is all about. With one role, she's converted me into a life-long fan. If Oscar means anything anymore, she deserves that award, hands-down. The movie itself is one of the most gripping and emotional stories I've ever seen in a film, and, true or not, its right up there with the other great indies depicting the sorry lives of Middle-Americans, such as Boys Don't Cry and, ironically, Monster's Ball. I wept straight through the last twenty minutes of this movie, continued weeping intermittently throughout the day, and wept some more about it during my preparation for acting class the following day. Before I saw the film, I saw Charlize on The Daily Show, talking to John Stewart about how Aileen Wuornos' story (and I'm paraphrasing) forces one to re-examine how we might label someone "evil" for doing horrible things. I thought, that's just a bunch of liberal bulls**t. Then I saw the movie. Like I said, we can't know how much of the movie is one-hundred percent factual, but it's almost scary how little that mattered to me after I left the theater. This film moved me so much that I actually decided then and there that I would, that I would have to, think a little harder the next time I thought of someone as "evil". If the goal of the filmmakers was to just try to get people to think about the fairness of the death penalty, I believe they succeeded.