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An American Crime
from FIRST LOOK PICTURES
starring Ellen Page, Hayley McFarland, Catherine Keener, Michael O'Keefe, Ari Graynor
directed by Tommy O'Haver

Features:

• AC-3
• Color
• Dolby
• DVD-Video

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• The Things We Are Capable Of...
  This movie is unbelievable; very well told and acted. However, I don't recommend it for the weak at heart as it is a true story about a tragic event from the Mid 60's.
  After this movie my very soul ached at this story's theme ...displayed so vividly and actually once upon a time - committed!!
  I had to adjust my emotions after this movie...
  "LIFE!! It's can be so crazy; the unimaginable things we do to each other sometimes!!"

• American Crime is a well made film - Great cast!!!
  This was a very well made movie. It had a great cast (Ellen Page from Juno, Catherine Keener and James Franco) and is definitely entertaining to watch. The whole topic is on the serious side, but it is fascinating to watch the real life events that led up to this murder. I think this whole criminal topic of people being kept from the outside world is definitely a hot topic right now - there was someone in Austria a few months back that seemed to have gone through a similar experience. But this is definitely... more info

• It started as a white lie, and ended as the worst crime in Indiana history. SPOILERS
  When I reviewed The Girl Next Door, which is also based on the case of Sylvia Likens, I could hardly put my thoughts into words. I sat in front of my computer screen for hours knowing that I needed to write something, but unable to find the words, which is somewhat frustrating for a writer. No such problem exists with this film, An American Crime.
  An American Crime is more true to the actual events then The Girl Next Door, although it skips over a lot of the abuse and doesn't really give a clear... more info

• Not Easily Forgotten--And Rightly So
  "An American Crime" presents a streamlined retelling of an actual 1965 child abuse case which resulted in the death of 15 year old Sylvia Likens. It is told through a combination of dramatizations of the abuse Sylvia suffered at the hands of the woman charged with caring for her, along with, frighteningly, the woman's own children and several neighborhood kids who in the film at least appear to have joined in the abuse and torture with nary a hint of conscience in sight.
  While "based on a true... more info

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