Monster

Monster is not named for the woman who became the first serial killer in America, but for the ferris wheel she wanted to ride as a child. Charlize Theron will win the Academy Award for best actress I think. This is a new Hilary Swank - and for a film that is similar in many respects to Boys Don't Cry.

This is not a pretty story; read the reviews at www.imdb.org because all I can tell you is that it's very hard to watch. But killers like this don't come along for no reason. Children are so often won or lost at an early age. This character, "Lee" was abused from about the age of eight. She dreamed so many dreams that would never come true because she didn't know how to fulfill them except in the wrong way.

Heartbreaking...