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Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

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British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of killing six men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Interviewing an increasingly mentally unstable Wuornos, Broomfield captures the distorted mind of a murderer whom the state of Florida deems of sound mind -- and therefore fit to execute. Throughout the film, Broomfield includes footage of his testimony at Wuornos' trial.

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Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

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This chilling, unsettling documentary provides an eye-opening look at both Wuornos and the American justice system.

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Wesley Morris Boston Globe 05/21/2004
3/4
The film stands quite chillingly as a final statement from a woman trying to fight her own commodification. Go to Full Review Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel 04/23/2004
4/5
A haunting exploration of a ruined and wasted life. Go to Full Review Richard Roeper Ebert & Roeper 02/13/2004
[T]his movie literally gave me the chills. Go to Full Review Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine 01/24/2023
[It] boasts the final interview conducted with its clearly unwell subject and some not entirely satisfying but queasily arresting self-interrogation by her documentarian. Go to Full Review ‎Jim Schroeder‎ The Advocate 04/19/2022
Self-righteously predictable. Go to Full Review Thrillist Entertainment Staff Thrillist 11/28/2018
A deeply fascinating follow-up because of how much of Wuornos' story is changed from one film to the next, as well as for its moving consideration of the complex and often unbalanced relationship between documentarian and subject. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Maksim S @MaksimusMovies Nov 10 Director Nick Broomfield delivers a sharp, deeply unsettling portrait of Aileen Wuornos in her final days: a woman shaped by trauma, coerced narrative and state machinery. The documentary brazenly traverses her shattered past, her erratic presence on death row, and the legal system that deemed her sane enough to die. It’s a bleak, intellectually rigorous and unflinching indictment of justice, media and human collapse all in one. See more Chinu D @RT53371300 08/09/2024 Its a greatest movie. See more Geke g @RT40239519 08/04/2024 Someway somehow it was so enjoyable See more Munkhchimeg T @RT64187897 08/03/2024 Amazed by the whole story and the plot. See more Bulgantamir B @RT36664197 07/29/2024 Really fantastic I did not regret watching it See more Munkhjargal A @RT28084692 07/29/2024 The British documentary film is making a follow-up to its 1992 documentary about a highway prostitute convicted of murdering six people in Florida. Talked to him who was mentally unstable and had a mental breakdown. See more Read all reviews
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Nick Broomfield

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Joan Churchill

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Nick Broomfield

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Aileen Wuornos

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Jo Human

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Nick Broomfield

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Synopsis British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of killing six men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Interviewing an increasingly mentally unstable Wuornos, Broomfield captures the distorted mind of a murderer whom the state of Florida deems of sound mind -- and therefore fit to execute. Throughout the film, Broomfield includes footage of his testimony at Wuornos' trial.
Director
Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill
Producer
Jo Human
Screenwriter
Nick Broomfield
Distributor
DEJ Productions, Lantern Lane
Production Co
Lafayette Films, Channel 4 Television Corporation
Rating
R
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 9, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$86.0K
Runtime
1h 29m
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