Monster

Starring: Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen, Scott Wilson, Annie Corley, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Bubba Baker, Marco St. John, Brett Rice, Marc Macaulay, Chandra Leigh, Robb Chamberlain, Christian Stokes, Catherine Mangan

Director: Patty Jenkins
Release Date: January 9th, 2004
MPAA Rating: R
Studio: Newmarket Film
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Box Office Total: $34,468,224
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Synopsis: True-life story of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute executed last year in Florida after being convicted of murdering six men. While Wuornos confessed to the six murders, including a policeman, she claimed to have killed only in self-defense, resisting violent assaults while working as a prostitute. Nearing suicidal despair, Wuornos wanders into a Florida bar, where she meets Selby Wall (Christina Ricci), a young woman sent by her parents to live with an aunt in order to “cure her homosexuality.” Wuornos—victim of a tragic, abusive upbringing—quickly falls in love, and clings to Selby like a life preserver. Unable to find a legitimate job but desperate to sustain her relationship with Selby, Wuornos continues working as a prostitute. When one of her johns turns violent, Wuornos shoots the man in self-defense; the first in her tragic string of killings.