Reply #6: Please go see it. [View All]

[harper]

The depiction of the reality of a prostitute's life was harrowing. We've all seen so much Pretty Women crap that we forget how truly degrading and dangerous that kind of life is.

This character wasn't frolicking in a 5 star hotel with Richard Gere...she was performing oral sex on whoever would give her ten dollars and she hated it. She was putting herself in situations where she was at the mercy of whoever picked her up for sex and she hated that.

The scene where she murdered her first victim was one of the most horrifying things I've ever seen, and one of the most powerful acting performances ever.

As I said earlier...I usually ignore the interchangeable crop of tall beautiful movie stars...but Charlize Theron moved out of that status and showed herself to be a brilliant actor in this movie.