The read
Every source lands within 8 points of the others, across 2,600 audience votes. Scores higher than 90% of the 930 2000s crime movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
In 1989, prostitute Aileen Wuornos befriends and enters a relationship with a young woman named Selby. Determined to straighten out her life, Aileen's limited education lands her back on the corner. She's raped by a trick, who she kills. A string of murder and robbery follows that ultimately leads Aileen to becoming America's first female serial killer.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes81%
Metacritic74/100
2,619 audience votes
Key crew
- Patty JenkinsDirector
- BTOriginal Music Composer
- Patty JenkinsWriter
Cast
- Charlize TheronAileen Wuornos
- Christina RicciSelby Wall
- Bruce DernThomas
- Lee TergesenVincent Corey
- Annie CorleyDonna
- Pruitt Taylor VinceGene / Stuttering "John"
- Marco St. JohnEvan / Undercover "John"
- Marc MacaulayWill / Daddy "John"
- Scott WilsonHorton / Last "John"
- Rus BlackwellCop
- Tim WareChuck
- Stephan JonesLawyer
Stills
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Themes
death penaltyprostituterapesexual abusemotelbased on true storymurderbetrayalserial killerpovertydrifterprostitution
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