First off, Christina ricci is a doll! I mean, the sad puppy dog eyes and all just really make her adorable! I was blown away by her sincereness and sensitive acting style. I could see why she was chosen to play the role..she really makes the viewer want to see her in every scene!
The movie itself was like watching an episode of Cops! The characters were all seedy and the cheap hotels just gave it a Florida feel to it. I also noticed in some of the scenes that Charlize looked different wieghts..maybe because of the filming schedule. The movie was basically good, just not as good as I thought. I mean, really, a cheap street hookers life isn't exactly that interesting, is it? Perhaps if she were a high priced call girl like Hiedi Fleiss, we might have more weighty material here..but afterall, it is murder, and murder sells! See it, just for the lead characters acting and the decent 70's and 80's music and clothes and the hideous appearance that a very pretty actress named Charlize Theron took on to play this part. It's weird how in the last couple of years 2 very pretty actresses( Halley Berry and Charlize Theron) played parts in movies where they had to become sort of unattractive and both movies had the word "monster" in them! I also noticed that the part where they crash in the old folks front yard, when Charlize shoves Christina back into the car, she appeared to really smack her head into the car door! It must of hurt!
The movie itself was like watching an episode of Cops! The characters were all seedy and the cheap hotels just gave it a Florida feel to it. I also noticed in some of the scenes that Charlize looked different wieghts..maybe because of the filming schedule. The movie was basically good, just not as good as I thought. I mean, really, a cheap street hookers life isn't exactly that interesting, is it? Perhaps if she were a high priced call girl like Hiedi Fleiss, we might have more weighty material here..but afterall, it is murder, and murder sells! See it, just for the lead characters acting and the decent 70's and 80's music and clothes and the hideous appearance that a very pretty actress named Charlize Theron took on to play this part. It's weird how in the last couple of years 2 very pretty actresses( Halley Berry and Charlize Theron) played parts in movies where they had to become sort of unattractive and both movies had the word "monster" in them! I also noticed that the part where they crash in the old folks front yard, when Charlize shoves Christina back into the car, she appeared to really smack her head into the car door! It must of hurt!