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Disturbing Rough Suspenseful Bleak Sincere
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Courtroom Drama Murder Confined Crimes Deadly Investigation Captivity Isolation more...
Genres:
Drama Crime Thriller
Time/Period:
20th Century 60s
Place:
Indiana USA Suburbs
Based on:
Based on True Story
Attitudes:
Serious Realistic Slow

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An American Crime, 2007

Starring: Catherine Keener, Ellen Page

Directed by: Tommy O'Haver

Written by: Tommy O'Haver

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 97 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:7.3

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An American Crime can be described as disturbing, rough, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around courtroom drama, imprisonment or confinement, and murder. The main genres are drama, thriller, and crime. In approach, An American Crime is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. It is set, at least in part, in the suburbs. An American Crime is located in Indiana. It takes place in the 1960s. It is originally a true story.

Summary of An American Crime

Gertrude Baniszewski (Catherine Keener), a divorced mother of several children, agrees to take care of two girls, Sylvia (Ellen Page) and Jennie (Hayley McFarland), while their parents travel with a carnival. Though her eldest daughter is the real troublemaker, Gertrude vents all her bitterness and frustration on innocent Sylvia. Gertrude imprisons the girl in the basement and tortures her, eventually encouraging her children to follow suit.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	19 January 2007
Runtime:	97 min

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Catherine Keener

as Gertrude Baniszewski

Ellen Page

as Sylvia Likens

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...Im not really sure how to describe it, but this isnt a good movie to me. Probably, because I watched The Girl Next Door a couple days before. That movie hit me hard. Stayed with me for a long time. Disturbed me as much as the crime warranted in... Read and rate it

22.September.2010
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by: Patrick
Patrick rated this movie0/10

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