Review of The Singing Detective (2003) by Jason Y — 01 Jun 2004
I was expecting to love the new Aileen Wuornos documentary and hate everything except Robert Downey Jr. in [i]The Singing Detective[/i]. Downey was great, and the movie wasn't that bad either. Now [i]Aileen[/i], on the other hand, was kind of boring.
She is only on screen for 15 minutes or so (only for 5 in the first hour). She was also much harder to like in this than she was in the original documentary and [i]Monster[/i]. This isn't a must-see for fans of [i]Monster[/i].
Just stick to the original documentary. Aileen has obviously been messed up over ten years on death row. But we can't identify with her at all; sadly, it doesn't appear to be all that sad. She even admits that she is a serial killer.
It takes the fun out of blaming the media in a series of conspiracy theories.
This review of The Singing Detective (2003) was written by Jason Y on 01 Jun 2004.
The Singing Detective has generally received mixed reviews.
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