Charlize Theron earns her Oscar as confused Florida serial killer Aileen Wuornos, not just for looking less attractive but because, after 20 minutes, you forget she’s even a woman. So macho is her white-trash lesbian aggressor that you believe Christina Ricci is ‘her’ arm candy. Both excel as fuck-ups, and Patty Jenkins’ script and direction are grim and gristly. Superb.
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