Sylvia Likens
Elliot Page
Sylvia Likens
An American Crime
“The true story of a child's punishment that became a woman's crime.”
7.3
2007
1h 37m
CrimeDramaHorror
Director: Tommy O'Haver
Overview
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
Trailer
An American Crime New Trailer
Cast
Gertrude Baniszewski
Catherine Keener
Gertrude Baniszewski
Jennifer Faye 'Jennie' Likens
Hayley McFarland
Jennifer Faye 'Jennie' Likens
Lester Likens
Nick Searcy
Lester Likens
Betty Likens
Romy Rosemont
Betty Likens
Paula Baniszewski
Ari Graynor
Paula Baniszewski
Stephanie Baniszewski
Scout Taylor-Compton
Stephanie Baniszewski
Johnny Baniszewski
Tristan Jarred
Johnny Baniszewski
Shirley Baniszewski
Hannah Leigh
Shirley Baniszewski
Prosecutor
Bradley Whitford
Prosecutor
Andy
James Franco
Andy
Eric
Scott Eastwood
Eric
Reviews
Andres Gomez
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.
Read full reviewHikariWS
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.
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Ellen Page in "An American Crime"-2008-(3/5)
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