Former model Charlize Theron underwent a remarkable physical transformation to play hardscrabble murderess Aileen Wuornos in first-time feature filmmaker Patty Jenkins's gritty chronicle of a violent life on the fringes. The screenplay sticks fairly close to the facts of Wuornos's case: A Florida prostitute who trolled the highways for johns, Wuornos murdered at least seven of them between 1989 and 1990; newspapers dubbed her the first female serial killer, although many women committed multiple acts of murder before the troubled Wuornos picked up a gun. Wuornos, who claimed she only killed in self-defense, was eventually betrayed by her girlfriend and executed in 20...
Released:
2003
Rated:
R
Length:
111 mins