Based on a true story.
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.
CrimeDramadeath penaltyprostituterapesexual abusemotelbased on true storymurderbetrayalserial killerpovertydrifterprostitution
- Sexual violence
- Bleak ending
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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and overwhelming.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
Who loves it, who doesn't
17 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Ironists.
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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
Crew
- Patty JenkinsDirector
- Patty JenkinsWriter
- Steven BernsteinDirector of Photography
- BTOriginal Music Composer
- Arthur CoburnEditor
- Jane KursonEditor
- Charlize TheronProducer
- Brad WymanProducer
- Clark PetersonProducer
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Pairings
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Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
Boys Don't Cry 199983% alikeBoth earnest, grave, classical in form.
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Boyz n the Hood 199179% alikeBoth earnest, grave, classical in form.
A Beautiful Mind 200178% alikeBoth earnest, grave, classical in form.
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The Crowd 192877% alikeBoth earnest, grave, classical in form.
Serpico 197376% alikeBoth earnest, grave, classical in form.
The Wrestler 200875% alikeBoth earnest, classical in form, grave.- Illmatic 199475% alikeAlbum · Both earnest, grave, classical in form.
The Secret History 199273% alikeBook · Both grave, earnest, bleak.
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