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Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

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2003 · Movie · 1h 29m · R

DocumentaryCrime

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A Balasaur Score of 73 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 85%, Metacritic 71/100. It runs a compact 1h 29m. Streaming on Prime.

Synopsis

British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of killing six men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Interviewing an increasingly mentally unstable Wuornos, Broomfield captures the distorted mind of a murderer whom the state of Florida deems of sound mind -- and therefore fit to execute. Throughout the film, Broomfield includes footage of his testimony at Wuornos' trial.

Ratings

IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
Metacritic71/100

154 audience votes

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