they see you cry, they lick their lips...

About the only movie I've seen of Christina Ricci's that I really liked is Buffalo '66. She played a girl kidnapped by a social misfit who wants to impress his parents with his supposed fiance. I saw this movie a while ago, but I remember Ricci's performance because it was so curiously indifferent, almost nihilistic. It's as if she didn't mind being kidnapped by this psycho because her own life lacked such spark. In other words, the emotional distance that characterizes most of Ricci's performances (including her role in Monster) was perfectly apt for her role in Buffalo '66. However, such a performance was uncalled-for in the emotional torrent of a movie that is Monster. Instead of counter-balancing Theron's performance, Ricci's performance seemed to jeopardize its sincerity. Blah.