Review – Monster

Thank goodness Hollywood let a woman direct this. I’m not saying that putting a man at the helm would have automatically turned the story of Aileen Wuornos into a chicks-with-chicks sex-fest between Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci, but the odds of a cheap exploitation mess would probably have gone up at least a little. As it turns out, the production does a reasonably good job of capturing the sad story of a down-on-her-luck sex worker turned “America’s first female serial killer” (a title incorrectly bestowed upon Wuornos, by the way). The protagonist comes across as simultaneously sympathetic and repulsive, which I suppose fits reality fairly well. Worth seeing