Aileen Wuornos, Arlene Pralle, Nick Broomfield
Nick Broomfield directed this controversial documentary about Aileen Wuornos, a Florida prostitute who confessed to killing seven men between 1989 and 1990. Though Wuornos claimed to have acted in sel... read more 
DVD Release Date: April 27, 2004
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March 9, 2012Nice script exploiting the crimes of an allegedly first lady serial killer, and shading light on her impression of this evil world. Even her lawyer and adopted mother are greedy opportunists in her opinion. It's amazing how most people believe this as a reality than a scripted wo... read more
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December 5, 2009Bad 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
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September 9, 2009Hmm, 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
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June 30, 2010I don't know much about Aileen Wuornos (never saw Monster), and this documentary didn't answer too many questions, but did really creep me out when you saw the depth of Wuornos' paranoia, some of which is obviously well founded, seeing how she seemed incapable of finding a sane h... read more
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May 29, 2010Seems everyone was just profiting off of the murders she committed and her pending execution. Most of the interviews are just people avoiding the cameras or telling nothing.
Critic Reviews
July 23, 2007
Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com
August 1, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Though undermining and ignoring some facts about the serial killer, Broomfield's docu is entertaining and it certainly capture the media frenzy (boderline zoo) and bizarre participants in this perculi... Full Review
September 16, 2004
Nell Minow, Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
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