Monster (2003)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Patty Jenkins

Writer (WGA):

Patty Jenkins (written by)

Release Date:

30 January 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Crime | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Based on a true story

Plot:

Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.

Plot Keywords:

Killer | Prostitute | Florida | Lesbian | Female Serial Killer

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 16 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

Charlize Theron	...	Aileen
Christina Ricci	...	Selby
Bruce Dern	...	Thomas
Lee Tergesen	...	Vincent Corey
Annie Corley	...	Donna
Pruitt Taylor Vince	...	Gene / Stuttering "John"
Marco St. John	...	Evan / Undercover "John"
Marc Macaulay	...	Will / Daddy "John"
Scott Wilson	...	Horton / Last "John"
Rus Blackwell	...	Cop
Tim Ware	...	Chuck
Stephan Jones	...	Lawyer
Brett Rice	...	Charles
Kaitlin Riley	...	Teenage Aileen
Cree Ivey	...	7-Year-Old Aileen
Catherine Mangan	...	Justy
Magdalena Manville	...	Bar Lap Girl
T. Robert Pigott	...	Bartender
Romonda Shaver	...	Employment Agent
Glenn R. Wilder	...	Restaurant Manager
Elaine Stebbins	...	Wife at Accident
Kane Hodder	...	Undercover Cop
Christian Stokes	...	Undercover Cop (as Christian Page Stokes)
Lyllian Barcaski	...	Bar Girl
Nonalee Davis	...	Bar Girl
Bubba Baker	...	Cubby
Al	...	Himself (at the Last Resort)
Cannonball	...	Himself
Chad Vaccarino	...	Trevor
Gene R. Stephenson	...	Judge (as Honorable Gene R. Stephenson)
Jesse Stern	...	Skate Rink Attendant
Bill Boylan	...	Police Chief
Jim R. Coleman	...	Newscaster
Chandra Leigh	...	Cute Teenage Attendant
Lori McDonald	...	Attendant
Adam Brown	...	Attendant
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robb Chamberlain	...	Prosecutor (uncredited)
Ed Donovan	...	State Prison Guard (uncredited)
Khris Gibston	...	Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)

Directed by
Patty Jenkins

Writing credits (WGA)
Patty Jenkins		(written by)

Produced by
David Alvarado	....	associate producer
Mark Damon	....	producer
Andreas Grosch	....	executive producer
Stewart Hall	....	executive producer
Donald Kushner	....	producer
Sammy Lee	....	executive producer
Brent Morris	....	co-producer
Clark Peterson	....	producer
Meagan Riley-Grant	....	executive producer
Andreas Schmid	....	executive producer
Charlize Theron	....	producer
Brad Wyman	....	producer

Original Music by
BT

Cinematography by
Steven Bernstein		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Arthur Coburn
Jane Kurson

Casting by
Ferne Cassel

Production Design by
Edward T. McAvoy

Art Direction by
Orvis Rigsby

Set Decoration by
Shawn R. McFall

Costume Design by
Rhona Meyers

Makeup Department
Lee Grimes	....	key makeup artist
Toni G	....	personal makeup artist: Charlize Theron
Terrie Irwin	....	hair assistant (as Terrie L. Irwin)
Rodger Jacobs	....	makeup assistant
Mary Hedges Lampert	....	hair assistant (as Mary Lampert)
Jonah Levy	....	makeup assistant (as Johan Levy)
Carol Rasheed	....	makeup assistant
Yoichi Art Sakamoto	....	prosthetic dental technician
Kathe Swanson	....	key hair stylist
Deborah Brozovich	....	additional hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Arie Bohrer	....	production supervisor: VIP
Jimmy Li	....	production supervisor
Craig W. Richards	....	unit production manager
Michael Toji	....	post-production supervisor
Matthew Waldman	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Allen Cluck	....	first assistant director (as David Cluck)
Guy Livneh	....	second unit director
Jay Ostrowski	....	second assistant director
Tony Taylor	....	second assistant director: second unit
Derek W. Tow	....	first assistant director: second unit (as Derek Tow)
Derek W. Tow	....	second second assistant director (as Derek Tow)

Art Department
Eric Baker	....	additional set dresser
John Balling	....	lead scenic artist
Bethany Berry-Weiss	....	additional set dresser
Tammie N. Byers	....	additional set dresser
Cornellius Carroll	....	prop master (as Cornelius Carroll)
Stitch Crisp	....	property master
Michael Edling	....	construction coordinator (as Michael J. Edling)
Michael Hendrick	....	swing set dresser (as Michael E. Hendrick)
Bret Kane	....	additional set dresser (as Bret W.M. Kane)
Jeff 'J.Mac' McDonald	....	additional set dresser
James Parker	....	additional set dresser
James B. Perdue	....	scenic artist
Alan S. Reynolds	....	scenic artist
Karen Rigsby	....	art department coordinator
Gene Siegmund	....	prop master
Mary Jo Snyder	....	scenic artist
John Tegethoff	....	additional set dresser
Andrew Wert	....	assistant property master (as Andrew R. Wert)
Dan Wilkerson	....	on-set dresser
Jim S. Williams	....	lead man
Douglas Winters	....	construction foreman
Rex Christensen	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Steven Barkan	....	live band recordist
John Bires	....	sound engineer
John Cannon	....	first assistant sound editor (as John G. Cannon)
Kevin Cerchiai	....	boom operator
Scott Clements	....	additional boom operator
Zack Davis	....	sound designer
Zack Davis	....	sound supervisor
Robert Deschaine	....	adr mixer
Peter J. Devlin	....	production sound mixer (as Peter Devlin)
John Dunn	....	sound effects editor
Marc Fishman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jeff Glueck	....	audio engineer (as Jeffrey M. Glueck)
Lou Kleinman	....	dialogue editor
Tony Lamberti	....	sound re-recording mixer
Carey Milbradt	....	foley editor
Carey Milbradt	....	foley mixer
Andy Potvin	....	consultant: Dolby
Geoffrey G. Rubay	....	sound designer
Geoffrey G. Rubay	....	sound supervisor
Tami Treadwell	....	adr recordist
Karen Vassar	....	background sound editor
David Young	....	audio engineer (as David M. Young)
Steve Bartkowicz	....	re-recording engineer (uncredited)
Matt Colleran	....	sound re-recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Phillip Beck	....	special effects coordinator
Ron Keller	....	special effects technician
Kevin Morrissey	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Erik Dehkhoda	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Christopher Dusendschon	....	digital imaging supervisor (uncredited)
Elton Garcia	....	main title designer (uncredited)
Mitch Paulson	....	digital preview colorist (uncredited)
Adam Stern	....	digital artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Kane Hodder	....	stunt coordinator
Shanna Lynn	....	lead stunt double
Shanna Lynn	....	stunts
Kiana Politis	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Grayson Austin	....	Steadicam operator (as Grayson Grant Austin)
Ben Bardin	....	key grip: second unit
Michael Bedore	....	electrician
Jason Bing	....	grip
Grady Bishop	....	camera car
Jon Bowen	....	electrician (as Jonathan Bowen)
Kevin J. Burroughs	....	electrician
Stephen Campbell	....	additional photographer
Stephen Campbell	....	camera operator
Michael 'Doc' Cetrulo	....	grip
Gary H. Clay	....	grip
Vidal Cohen	....	key grip
Richard L. Cottrell	....	key grip (as Rick Cottrell)
Russell Curtis	....	electrician (as Russell E. Curtis)
Rick F. Daus Jr.	....	electrician
Brendan Duffy	....	grip
Erik Emerson	....	first assistant camera: second unit (as Erik C. Emerson)
Sean Fisher	....	grip
Michael D. Fitzgerald	....	electrician
Don Guth	....	crane technician
Josh Harrison	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Joshua Harrison)
Marvin Haven	....	grip (as Marvin J. Haven)
Ted Hayash	....	chief lighting technician
Stephen Herter	....	grip
Ken Hoover	....	electrician
Kevin Jackson	....	best boy grip: second unit
Ben Kanegson	....	dolly grip (as Ben J. Kanegson)
Guy Livneh	....	director of photography: second unit
Benjamin Lowell	....	second assistant camera
Tim McGuire	....	electrician
Patrick K. Meng	....	best boy grip
Chip Monk	....	second assistant camera: second unit (as Robert A. Monk)
Jack Nealy	....	best boy electric (as Jack R. Nealy)
Louis Normandin	....	electrician
John Oliveri	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Gene Page	....	still photographer
Richard Rammee	....	best boy grip (as Richard Ramee)
Tom Richmond	....	additional photographer
Kenny Rivenbark	....	grip: second unit
John Sawyer	....	electrician
Bob Scott	....	additional camera operator (as Bob M. Scott)
Charlie Seale	....	camera car
Samuel Andy Seely	....	grip
Phil Stevenson	....	grip (as Philip H. Stevenson)
Jonathan Stoll	....	electrician
Scott Stuart	....	best boy electric
Paige Thomas	....	first assistant camera
James D. Travis	....	grip
Vali Valus	....	first assistant camera: prep (as Henry Vali Valus)
Robert Veliky	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Michael J. Walsh	....	rigging gaffer (as Michael Walsh)
Sean R. Wilson	....	grip
S. Mattieu Workman	....	grip
John Woruck	....	electrician
Marc Wostak	....	electrician (as Mark Wostak)
Arthur Yambor	....	camera loader
Yoshi	....	camera intern
Grayson Austin	....	camera operator: "b" camera (uncredited)
Kate Nocks	....	electrician (uncredited)
Kirk Tedeski	....	video playback coordinator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting (as Caitlin McKenna)
Kimberly Mullen	....	casting: Florida
Mark Mullen	....	casting: Florida

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Al Almeida	....	wardrobe assistant: Los Angeles
Terri Binion	....	costumer
Amelia Buhrman	....	wardrobe assistant: Los Angeles
Claudia Combee	....	key set costumer
Jen Haines	....	wardrobe assistant
Emily Harris	....	costumer: preparation
Andrea Hathaway	....	wardrobe assistant
Pamela Lee Incardona	....	costume supervisor (as Pamela Incardona)
Unchin Lee	....	wardrobe assistant: Los Angeles
Sara McInturff	....	wardrobe assistant: Los Angeles
Judi Stewart	....	costumer
Emae Villalobos	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
George Cunningham	....	assistant editor
Darrel Drinkard	....	avid technician
Joe Fineman	....	post-production consultant: EPC
Bob Fredrickson	....	color timer
Michael Nouryeh	....	assistant editor
Anthony Santiago	....	avid technician
Steve Steinhart	....	post-production

Music Department
BT	....	score arranger
BT	....	score producer
Brian Bulman	....	music editor
Sterling Campbell	....	musician: drums
Jenée DeAngelis	....	music coordinator (as Jenée Clark)
Michael DiMattia	....	music assistant: BT
Richard Fortus	....	musician: additional guitars
Ben Grossman	....	musician: hurdy gurdy
Kevin Koloff	....	music legal (as Kevin Koloff Esq.)
Howard Paar	....	music supervisor
Steve Perry	....	music consultant
Winston Roye	....	musician: additional bass
Joshua Winget	....	music editor: temp (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Jackie Lee Belcher	....	driver
Stephen R. Buff	....	driver
R.H. Campbell	....	driver
David N. Enfinger	....	driver
Joseph M. Hancock	....	driver
Craig M. Hofstrand	....	driver
Stephen K. Long	....	transportation captain
Michael Messina	....	driver: second unit
Danny Mortenson	....	transportation coordinator (as Daniel J. Mortenson)
James A. Nicosia	....	driver
Kent L. Spainhour	....	driver
Gary Thornton	....	driver (as Gary D. Thornton)
William Randy Warbritton	....	driver
Doug Wilson	....	driver
Roland Wilson	....	driver
David Neil Enfinger	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Alan Abrams	....	legal services: Costa, Abrams & Coate LLP (as Alan Abrams Esq.)
Aaron Allen	....	intern
Tom Alper	....	production insurance: Speare & Company
David Alvarado	....	production associate
Craig Anderson	....	24 frame video playback technician
Jean Arthur	....	second assistant: Charlize Theron
Brooks Baldwin	....	dialect coach
Jane Berliner	....	production consultant
Greg Bernstein	....	legal services: Law Offices of Greg S. Bernstein (as Greg S. Bernstein Esq.)
Rick Callan	....	location manager
Claire Carré	....	assistant: Patty Jenkins
Katherine S. Chang	....	production assistant: Los Angeles
Fonte Chapman	....	intern
Amy Comstock	....	production accountant
Jennifer Conrader	....	extras coordinator
Jenny Coyle	....	stand-in: Christina Ricci
Devin Cutler	....	executive: Media 8 Entertainment
Randy Dannenberg	....	executive: Media 8 Entertainment
Maureen Duffy	....	completion bond: Film Finance Inc.
Vivian Enfinger	....	set nurse
Ortwin Freyermuth	....	legal services (as Ortwin Freyermuth Esq.)
'Pineapple Dan' Furuya	....	craft service intern
Karima Gahagan	....	intern
David Garber	....	project consultant: Lantern Lane Entertainment
David Gaynes	....	executive: Media 8 Entertainment
Lise Leogrande Ginsberg	....	extras coordinator
Abby S. Ginsburg	....	production secretary
Mitchell Goldman	....	project consultant: Hombre D'Oro Inc.
Luke Halpin	....	stage manager
Donny Herran	....	accounting production assistant (as Donny H. Herran)
Lew Horwitz	....	production financing: The Lewis Horwitz Organization (as Lewis Horwitz)
David Hutkin	....	production financing: The Lewis Horwitz Organization
Jessica Jenkins	....	assistant: Patty Jenkins
Tatyana Joffe	....	executive: Media 8 Entertainment
Jessica L. Jordan	....	assistant: Mark Damon
Linda Kai	....	location manager
Beth Kono	....	assistant: Charlize Theron
Roman Kopelevich	....	executive: Media 8 Entertainment
Pierre Kurland	....	executive: Media 8 Entertainment
Tiffany Kyees	....	stand-in: Charlize Theron
Krystian Lagowski	....	key production assistant
Fred Leopold	....	legal services: Leopold, Petrich & Smith (as Fred Leopold Esq.)
Gabriel London	....	epk director
Stephanie Lowell	....	script supervisor
Thomas E. Lowry	....	stage manager
Patrick Mahoney	....	craft service (as Pat Mahoney)
Ian McCain	....	key set production assistant
Chris McDaniel	....	production assistant
Benny Medina	....	production consultant
Matthew S. Naumann	....	production assistant
Eva Neufahrt	....	production controller: VIP
Courtney Nicholas	....	production assistant
Lucy Olney	....	location scout
Brian O'Shea	....	executive: Media 8 Entertainment
Diane Pacheco	....	post-production accountant
Danny Patterson	....	additional programmer
Whitney Pentzer	....	stand-in: Charlize Theron
Mark Peterka	....	production secretary: Los Angeles
Jenna Piccolo	....	executive: Media 8 Entertainment (as Jenna Piccolo Esq.)
Jeff Pollack	....	production consultant
Steve Ransohoff	....	completion bond: Film Finance Inc.
Mika Roberts	....	intern
Jerry Rose	....	24 frame video playback technician
Mary Ross	....	location assistant
Ed Santiago	....	consultant: avid
David Savinski	....	assistant: Bruce Dern
Paula Schmit	....	completion bond: Film Finance Inc.
Jason Skweres	....	intern
Diane Slattery	....	unit publicist
Reggie Stanley	....	stage manager
Jesse Stern	....	story editor
Art Stribley	....	consultant: financing (as Arthur Stribley)
Philip J. Strina	....	legal services: Costa, Abrams & Coate LLP (as Philip J. Strina Esq.)
Tamara Stuparich de la Barra	....	executive: Media 8 Entertainment (as Tamara Stuparich De La Barra)
Carrie Sweeney	....	office production assistant
Jelena Tadic	....	executive: Media 8 Entertainment
Janelle Tubbs	....	intern
Bruce Vann	....	legal services: Kelly Lytton & Vann (as Bruce Vann Esq.)
Max Vega	....	consultant: financing
Halle Vermillion	....	assistant: Christina Ricci
Brenda White	....	production coordinator
Alice Wymer	....	script supervisor: second unit
Christa Zofcin	....	business/legal affairs executive: Media 8 Entertainment (as Christa Zofcin Esq.)
Kerstin Dyroff	....	production coordinator: VIP Medienfonds (uncredited)
Aaron Koontz	....	assistant to production coordinators (uncredited)
Chandra Leigh	....	double: Christina Ricci (uncredited)
Chandra Leigh	....	stand-in: Christina Ricci (uncredited)
David W. Scott	....	body double: Lee Tergesen (uncredited)
Samantha Tanner	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Rowena Arguelles	....	thanks
Pat Armstrong	....	thanks
Spring Aspers	....	thanks
Jay Baker	....	thanks
Dawn Botkins	....	thanks
Nick Broomfield	....	thanks
Al Bulling	....	thanks
Vicky Callen	....	thanks
Chauncey	....	thanks
Carter Cohn	....	thanks
Melanie Cook	....	thanks (as Melanie Cook Esq.)
Renée Dabbah	....	thanks
Carlos DeMattos	....	thanks
Michael Eliasberg	....	thanks (as Michael Eliasberg Esq.)
Paula Erickson	....	thanks
Heather Fields	....	thanks
Bob Fukuyama	....	thanks
Marco Galbraith	....	thanks (as Police Capt. Marco Galbraith)
Jerome Gary	....	thanks
Jonah Goldstein	....	thanks
Cindi Goretski	....	thanks
Philip Hall	....	thanks
J.J. Harris	....	thanks (as JJ Harris)
Rick Hess	....	thanks
Jared Hoffman	....	thanks
Toni Howard	....	thanks
Millie Hsyu	....	thanks
Mustafa Johnson	....	thanks
Karol Kamin	....	thanks
Kevin Kelly	....	thanks
Linda Kloak	....	thanks
Bob Knight	....	thanks
Leigh Ann Lackey	....	thanks
Tom Lopinski	....	thanks
Pat Lucas	....	thanks
Tory Metzger	....	thanks
Linda Miller	....	thanks
Suzanne Moss	....	thanks
Ryan Noto	....	thanks
Kenny Ochoa	....	thanks
Dan Passman	....	thanks (as Danny Passman)
Junior Pence	....	thanks
Steve Perry	....	thanks
Richard Pilla	....	thanks
Jalal Poehlman	....	thanks
Eric Polin	....	thanks
Captain Bernie Presha	....	thanks
Tonya Puerto	....	thanks
Emily Roth	....	thanks
Pat Roth	....	thanks
Walter Roth	....	thanks
Mark Rousso	....	thanks
Chip Shane	....	thanks
Peter Shane	....	thanks
Ron Smith	....	thanks
Jesse Stern	....	thanks
Harris Tulchin	....	thanks (as Harris Tulchin Esq.)
Martine Varlot	....	thanks
William Voight	....	thanks
Andrew Waller	....	thanks
Steve Warren	....	thanks (as Steve Warren Esq.)
Lisa Wohl	....	thanks
Robert Wyman	....	thanks (as Bob Wyman Esq.)

Production Companies

• Media 8 Entertainment
• Newmarket Films
• DEJ Productions
• K/W Productions
• Denver and Delilah Productions (as Denver & Delilah Films)
• VIP 2 Medienfonds (in association with) (as VIP Medienfonds 2)
• MDP Worldwide (in association with) (as MDP Filmproduktion)
• Zodiac Productions Inc. (uncredited)

Distributors

• Media 8 Entertainment (2003) (worldwide) (all media) (sales)
• Newmarket Films (2003) (USA) (theatrical)
• 3L Filmverleih (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• AXN (2007) (Japan) (TV)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2004) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Bontonfilm (2004) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Filmax S.A. (2004) (Spain) (theatrical)
• GAGA Communications (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Metrodome Distribution (2004) (UK) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• Moonlight Films (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Nexo (2004) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Quasar Films (2004) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2004) (Finland) (all media)
• Scanbox Sweden (2004) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
• With Cinema (2004) (Korea) (theatrical)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2004) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Law Offices of Alan Abrams  legal services (as Costa, Abrams & Coate LLC)
• Audit Trail, The  post-production accounting
• Axium Payroll Services  payroll services
• Barebones 24  video playback
• Carhart  thanks
• Catering by Valentinos  catering
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  production office
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  sound stage
• Christensen Group, The  extras casting
• City National Bank  banking services
• DTS Entertainment  stereo and 5.1 surround music available on
• Dickies Girl  thanks
• Dickies  thanks
• Digital Cut Post Inc.  avid film composer provided by
• Film Finance  completion bond
• FotoKem Film and Video  color timing (as FotoKem)
• FotoKem Laboratory  telecine transfers (as FotoKem)
• Fun Spot  thanks
• Governor's Office of Film & Entertainment, The  thanks
• Guess  thanks
• Handprint Productions  production consultant
• Hollywood Rental Company  grip and lighting equipment (as Hollywood Rentals Production Service)
• Hombre d'Oro  project consulting (as Hombre D'Oro Inc.)
• Isis Pictures  news footage
• Ivey Grove Ltd.  thanks
• Joan Pearce Research Associates  clearances
• K.N.B. Effects Group  special thanks (as KNB FX)
• Kelly Lytton & Vann LLP  legal services
• Lantern Lane Entertainment  project consulting (as Lantern Lane Entertainment)
• Law Offices of Greg Bernstein, The  legal services (as Law Offices of Greg S. Bernstein)
• Leopold, Petrich & Smith  legal services
• Lewis Horwitz Organization, The  production financing
• Magic Film and Video Works  electronic negative conforming
• Metro Orlando Film and Television Office  thanks (as Metro Orlando Film & Entertainment Commission)
• Mystic Demons Inc.  executive music consulting
• Out of the Closet Thrift Stores  thanks: benefiting the AIDS Healthcare Organization
• RPM Studios  live band recorded at
• Renaissance Orlando Resort  hotel accomodations
• Seminole County Court  thanks
• Soundelux  sound post-production
• Speare & Company  production insurance
• The Last Resort  thanks
• Title House Digital  titles and opticals
• Todd-AO Radford  sound mixed at
• Universal Cineplex 20, Orlando  thanks
• Volusia County Film Office  thanks
• Wachovia Bank  banking services

Also Known As:

Монстр (Russia) [ru]
Cani (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Koletis (Estonia) [et]
Monster (France) [fr]
Monster (Spain) [es]
Monster (Greece) [el]
Monster - Aileen Wuornos (Finland) [fi]
Monster - Desejo Assassino (Brazil) [pt]
Monster: Asesina en serie (Argentina) [es]
Monstre (Canada: French title) [fr]
Monstru (Romania) [ro]
Monstrum (Slovakia) [sk]
Zruda (Czech Republic) [cs]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and sexual content, and for pervasive language.

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | Iceland:16 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Malaysia:18PL (DVD) | Sweden:15 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Brazil:18 | Czech Republic:15 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:III | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:R(A) | South Korea:18 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Casselberry, Florida, USA

Company:

Media 8 Entertainment

Trivia:

The biker bar scenes were filmed at "the Last Resort" - a bar frequented by the real life Aileen Wuornos, and the site where she was actually arrested. The bar owner (who capitalized on Wuornos' infamy by hanging a sign out in front of the bar advertising "cool beer and Killer Women") makes a cameo as the bartender who threatens to cut off Wuornos for being over her tab limit.

Goofs:

Continuity: In Daytona Beach, Aileen rides with a man in a red 1992-96 Buick LeSabre. The interior shot shows a completely different car.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Aileen: I always wanted to be in the movies...

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Saturday Night Live: Drew Barrymore/Kelis (#29.12)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

All She Wants Is

About as bleak and depressing as they get, but in no way a bad movie

After just seeing this film, I'm pretty much speechless. This is a tough film to comment on. This is mainly due to the fact that it's a serial killer film where you actually end up feeling sympathy for the killer. Near the end of the film, when it goes completely out of control for Aileen Wuornos, there's no feeling of "justice is done once again"... quite the contrary, actually. It's so moving and disturbing, following this person's life, through the last part of it. In the beginning, we get a fairy tale-like presentation of Aileen's hopes and dreams in her young years. Without warning, we're thrust into the hard reality of her current years, immediately afterward. From there on out, we're in her world, feeling her pain, experiencing her failures. We get to know her as the film goes on, but we feel for her from the very beginning, without even knowing why she is like she is. That says something about the masterful direction and writing of Patty Jenkins that is featured in this film. The plot is great, and it's surprisingly easy to follow the thought process of Aileen... we understand why she kills. The pacing is very good, there are only few scenes that seem to move slow, and I don't think there was really any point where I was bored. The locations is incredibly authentic. Jenkins actually went out of her way to get shooting done at several places where the real Aileen had been, and even cast people who had met her in smaller roles. Cinematography is great. Acting is pretty much flawless; both Theron and Ricci shine in their roles. The movie also has a unpleasant view of prejudice from the 'other side'(the people who become victims to prejudice), and hopefully this will act as a much needed wakeup call for the people who believe in and go by prejudice. What really makes this film have an impact is how dark and real it is. No happy ending, no silver lining... just tough, uncut reality. When you see it, you can't help getting engulfed in this person's world. The raw horror of her life moves you. I can't see anyone, no matter ignorance, beliefs or moral and ethic standpoint coming out after seeing this film and believing that Eileen was the 'bad guy' in this story. It's just not possible. I haven't seen any of the interviews with the real Aileen Wuornos and I didn't follow her case, but I would like to know more about her, find out what she was like to a greater extent than a movie of 1 hour and 45 minutes can tell me. That's what this movie did to me. It made me care for this person, and that says more than anything I can put in this review. You need to see this film, unless you refuse to watch anything that has harsh reality instead of a happy ending. I recommend this to anyone who can take it. This movie will depress most people, but after this one viewing, I consider it required viewing for just about anyone. 8/10