Andres Gomez
1/27/2013
5.0
Very good performances from Ellen Page and Catherine Keener for quite an empty movie. Could have been done much, much better with a proper direction and script.
FeatureR2007·97m·7.3
An American Crime
The true story of a child's punishment that became a woman's crime.
CrimeDramaHorror
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
Cast
Elliot Page
Sylvia Likens
Catherine Keener
Gertrude Baniszewski
Hayley McFarland
Jennifer Faye 'Jennie' Likens
Nick Searcy
Lester Likens
Romy Rosemont
Betty Likens
Ari Graynor
Paula Baniszewski
Scout Taylor-Compton
Stephanie Baniszewski
Tristan Jarred
Johnny Baniszewski
Hannah Leigh
Shirley Baniszewski
Bradley Whitford
Prosecutor
James Franco
Andy
Scott Eastwood
Eric
Michael O'Keefe
Reverend Bill Collier
Carlie Westerman
Marie Baniszewski
Michelle Benes
Hope Orbach
Jeremy Sumpter
Coy Hubbard
Brian Geraghty
Bradley
Channing Nichols
Patty
Michael Welch
Teddy
Evan Peters
Ricky Hobbs
Details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Languages
- English
- Budget
- $2.0M
- Revenue
- —
- Age rating
- R
- Quality
- 4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
- Production
- First Look InternationalKiller FilmsJohn Wells Productions
Crew
Director
Tommy O'Haver
Writers
Tommy O'Haver, Tommy O'Haver, Irene Turner, Irene Turner
Nathan Amondson
Production Design
Melissa Kent
Editor
Alix Hester
Costume Design
Byron Shah
Director of Photography
Alan Ari Lazar
Original Music Composer
Gallery
Reviews
HikariWS
4/21/2021
7.0
Nice point of view of the torturers. It'd be easy to just show them as evil demons having fun doing bad things. I liked how the script portrays what they might had thought, sometimes very subtle. As the guy who had a crush on her and was rejected while she was still free, and later marked her. Paula who was pregnant and projected all her issues on Sylvia and wanted her to be seen as a prostitute. And Gertrudes herself who was old and ugly and probably was envy of Sylvia. Such possible motivations were shown without stimulating us to feel anger for them.
