From a man's point of view.

"As a woman bla bla bla bla bla" Go climb back under a rock you heartless *beep* Did we watch the same movie? Joe was molesting their 13 year old daughter. That is why Dolores killed him, not because of the money or because he abused her. Dolores didn't even know the money was missing until she found out that Joe was molesting Selena. When she found out, she tried to withdraw all of her money to take Selena away to hide her from Joe.

Selena was psychologically f*ucked up beyond all recognition due to sexual abuse, and constant harassment by the other people in the town. She tried to slit her own throat with a glass Christmas ornament after receiving a harassing phone call from people screaming at her that she and her mother were murderers. Her relationship issues and vindictive nature towards men went way back into her past as a victim of of horrible crimes. Her hate from her mother was caused by repressing the memories of her father, because she couldn't emotionally handle them. She is a warped and twisted soul who's only coping mechanism is her alcohol and drug addiction.

Vera, on the other hand was nothing more than a hateful man hating bitch, and was extremely proud of the title. I can't really argue with your assessment when it comes to her.

You misunderstood 90% of this movie. I suggest you stick to entertainment more appropriate to your level of mental development. I think Sesame Street is right up your alley.

^Well said.

The horses are coming, so you'd better run

It is easy in these modern times to forget that just a few years ago child molestation was something that everyone tended to sweep under the rug. Until recently this was a mans world. If you were born 1970's or later, you have never experienced the way it was for way to many generations of women. Even in the movie, detective Mackey figured out why Deloris killed her husband, and was still out for wrathfully justice to get the Mankiller. It didnt bother him at all to emotionally abuse the girl who'd already been through hell. Not to long ago, the world we lived in believed the victims deserved being abused, spousal abuse, child molestation ...It was all shameful and kept hidden. The abuser never had consequences, but those they abused, well it effected their whole lives and always effects the generations that follow. This is the ugly truth.

At least 1 out of 5 girls were molested. I don't know what the estimate is now but I hope it's gone down. I am old enough to have lived in those times, when it was completely a mans world. I rejoice at the many changes toward making this a safer, healthier world for all. You may condemn that these things are brought out into the light, but, unfortunately, it is because these things are talked about in the light of day and made into movies that we are now living in a culture that no longer further abuses women and children by blaming them for what their abuser did to them.

As a woman, I am so very relieved that at last the things which used to be only whispered about.. Things women were powerless to change...and where we suffered our whole lives with no recourse....Are brought out and looked at in the full light of day. As a woman who is old enough to have experienced living in that mans world, I am grateful to be living in a world more balanced than it has been for a few thousand years. We still have a long way to go but we are at last getting there.

Yes, I suppose some men do want their world back, but then again, when we look at those completely male dominated cultures around the world..... Abuses toward women and children are condemned. Funny, isn't it! The difference between those male dominated cultures and ours, here in the USA ... Is education, and 30 years.

Yes, Kathy bates deserved an Oscar, and much recognition for her performance!!!! Excellent movie, excellent subject matter! It is because """ IT""" is now being talked about that we ALL know its wrong! All hail movies like this and education!

Hey folks, let's not condone taking the "law into our own hands." These women had other alternatives besides murder. No one deserves to be murdered because someone else finds them odious, evil or whatever.
Many films try to win us over to their point of view by dehumanizing the victim, playing up how evil they are and deserving of what they get.
This was another rehash of feminism's "women as victims" and an "oppressed minority."
As a woman, I condemn those points of view of the film.