Aileen Wuornos, Arlene Pralle, Nick Broomfield
Filmmaker Nick Broomfield explores the troubled life and deadly end of female killer Aileen Wuornos, the woman behind Charlize Theron's Oscar-winning role for Best Actress in Monster. Filmed after Wuo...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 27, 2004
Stats: 45 reviews
Bad enough that Aileen Wuornos took eight lives, but to see the collection of buzzards, leeches and assorted slime that assembled to profit from her pending execution is sickening. The worst of the lot is her sleazebag attorney, auctioning off interviews at $20,000 a pop. There...( read more)
Hmm, this documentary is a bit of a mess. It feels like Nick Broomfield wanted to make an informative piece about the life and crimes of Aileen Wuornos and was forced to switch focus to the supporting players because the star wouldn't leave her dressing room for an interview. Sur...( read more)
Very interesting and a great background to the film Monster where Charlize Theron plays Aileen Wournos.
Why was this documentary even made because it paints Aileen as a victim of the media, exploited by those around her to make a tidy profit, which is simply inaccurate.
In actual fact it was Aileen who was setting ludicrously high prices for interviews with herself, which journalis...( read more)
I was really disappointed with this. I'm used to Broomfield's style so it wasn't that. It's just that the whole doco was about 5 interviews and then it just ended much too suddenly. It's almost like he lost the last can of film.
If you believed that Charlize Theron made an uncharacteristically epic transformation in her portrayal of real-life prostitute turned killer Aileen Wuornos in 'Monster', then prepare to be perplexed even further. Not only do the two look almost identical (give or take a few years...( read more)
I thought this was rather poor really but Aileen was great, (the documentary i mean, not the killer)
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