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Title: Monster (2003)
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Charlize Theron won an Oscar for her performance as Aileen Wuornos in Monster, but what are some of her other award-worthy performances?
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| 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 | |
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Kaitlin Riley | ... | Teenage Aileen |
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Cree Ivey | ... | 7-Year-Old Aileen |
The true story of serial killer Aileen Wuornos who was convicted of luring men to their death and eventually executed in 2002. In 1989, she was working as a prostitute and finally makes a friend when she meets and begins a relationship with a young woman, Selby. Determined to straighten out her life, she tries to find legitimate work but with little education and limited social skills, she fails at every turn. She starts working as a hooker hitching rides along the local interstate highway and after robbing a few clients has an encounter with a vicious client whom she kills in self-defense. After that however she just takes to killing clients taking their money and car. Once arrested she claims self-defense but is eventually convicted. Written by garykmcd
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Charlize Theron's performance in this movie was so incredible I felt compelled to shout about it to every single person I know. I was so blown away by her that her performance actually reignited my own passion for acting and made me realize why I'm trying so hard to break into this business and to do it well. I never thought that Charlize Theron (of whom I was never a big fan) of all people could make me remember what movie-making is all about. With one role, she's converted me into a life-long fan. If Oscar means anything anymore, she deserves that award, hands-down. The movie itself is one of the most gripping and emotional stories I've ever seen in a film, and, true or not, its right up there with the other great indies depicting the sorry lives of Middle-Americans, such as Boys Don't Cry and, ironically, Monster's Ball. I wept straight through the last twenty minutes of this movie, continued weeping intermittently throughout the day, and wept some more about it during my preparation for acting class the following day. Before I saw the film, I saw Charlize on The Daily Show, talking to John Stewart about how Aileen Wuornos' story (and I'm paraphrasing) forces one to re-examine how we might label someone "evil" for doing horrible things. I thought, that's just a bunch of liberal bulls**t. Then I saw the movie. Like I said, we can't know how much of the movie is one-hundred percent factual, but it's almost scary how little that mattered to me after I left the theater. This film moved me so much that I actually decided then and there that I would, that I would have to, think a little harder the next time I thought of someone as "evil". If the goal of the filmmakers was to just try to get people to think about the fairness of the death penalty, I believe they succeeded.