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An American Crime
Directed by
Tommy O'Haver
R
2007
1h 37m
Crime
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Drama
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7.2
40%
74%
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The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
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Cast of An American Crime
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
Amy Ferguson
Sally
Will Carter
Officer Waters
Edward James Gage
Bailiff
Patricia Place
Mrs. Doyle
Paul Grace
Cottin Candy Vendor (uncredited)
James Meehan
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Paul Palo
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
Gary Sievers
Carnie (uncredited)
An American Crime Reviews
Movies for the Masses
Joseph Proimakis
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Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Christopher Lloyd
By instead focusing more on the character of Gertrude Baniszewski, the film relegates Sylvia Likens to a cypher with no real identity - she's simply a vessel for abuse.
Slant Magazine
Matt Noller
If Eli Roth were to direct a Lifetime movie, it might look something like An American Crime.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
A misfire and the most problematic film at Sundance, this fact-based tale of child abuse is disturbing, appalling, and voyeuristic due to poor conception and execution by writer-director O'Haver who ironically has been wanting to make it for 20 years.
Cinema Crazed
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Gut wrenching performances, a well structured narrative, and a great cast makes "An American Crime" one of the finer movies to depict one of the most gruesome travesties of the twentieth century...
Film Threat
Sally Foster
The real high point of this film is Catherine Keener's captivating performance in the role of the troubled and possessive Gertie, vacillating between disturbingly abusive and imploringly sympathetic the way only a truly manipulative psychopath really can.
eFilmCritic.com
Eric D. Snider
What purpose does this film serve? I have watched it, and I have contemplated it, and I can come up with no good reason for it to exist.
Cinematical
Kim Voynar
(Catherine) Keener, always a versatile actress, takes on the challenge of portraying perhaps one of the most unlikable villains in the history of true crime, and tries to find the humanity buried somewhere within her.
New York Times
Ginia Bellafante
An American Crime is the most brutal evocation of wrongdoing to appear in quite a while; it is hardly a pleasure to watch. But it is also one of the best television movies to appear in years.
New York Magazine/Vulture
John Leonard
An American Crime, wonderfully mounted, wholly absorbing, is also full of blank uneasiness.
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
Tragic tale of child abuse fails to make any sense of the crime.
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Not even the considerable talents of lead thesps Catherine Keener and Ellen Page can alleviate the artistic nullity that is An American Crime.
FirstShowing.net
Alex Billington
It's a harrowing, chilling experience that silences the entire theater; a crime drama of perfect style and scripting, but with some troubles in its form and final execution.
Common Sense Media
JK Sooja
For many, it will be hard not seeing An American Crime as simply a series of increasingly horrible scenes of torture.
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