In Nick Broomfield's tough-minded documentary, convicted multiple murderer Aileen Wuornos emerges as a resoundingly unsympathetic character; nevertheless, she's clearly shown to have been victimized and exploited by her sleazy lawyer, her fanatical adoptive mother, legions of Florida
police officers, and, arguably, the criminal justice system itself.
Wuornos, a sometime prostitute, confessed to killing seven men in 1989 and 1990; a lesbian, she was demonized on tabloid TV shows as "the man-hating murderess." Because she argued that the killings were in self-defense--her victims were customers who, she claimed, raped and beat her--she became
a feminist icon in...
Released:
1994
Rated:
NR
Length:
86 mins