Courtney Love is an odd duck - no denying that one. She's kinda freaky to me, and I don't like her music. However, I did think she was great in The People vs. Larry Flint (don't know how big a stretch that part was though), and I do give her credit for keeping the same grunge/punk look (with the exception of that one year where she cleaned up her look and went hollywood) for almost 15 years. She really should've gotten the part of Nancy in Sid & Nancy - she looks just like Nancy.
I do feel sorry for her, but I also think she made her own choices.