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Plot: 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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MCT:September 30, 2008
I am shocking how people are without feeling in this movie form child to adult...I was really socked. Although, its true story.
But seriously the end of the movie was sad and makes my tears in my cheeks :,)
This movie tells how ugliest feeling few people had in this world :( -
MCT:September 28, 2008An Absolute Piece of Art!
Excelent film, Catherine Keener is an impressionisting actress and her role is just wicked
Ellen Page is the best, i love this girl, i seriously do, she is smart, natural, moral, incredible and this role was so sad and frustrating and u can feel it!!
You have to watch it...
The story is an A,
the music is brilliant
but what really takes the cake it's the dialogues..are so really and devastering!! -
MCT:September 28, 2008A disturbing true story of the worst case of child abuse in history. A very well told story that is worth a watch if you're into dramas such as this.
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MCT:September 27, 2008Ellen Page has done excellent in all of her roles and this was no different. The actual story just blows my mind to believe this actually happened. Keener performed well also.
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MCT:September 20, 2008
I liked this movie.It was very well acted and the story was very beliveable.I dont really see why it was rated R.You see way more violence and sugested dialog on network TV.
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MCT:September 17, 2008
What a movie, it went through heart and soul. Ellen Page is so good, how she can play such a scared person, unbelievable. She did it perfect. Nothing bad about the rest of the cast. Why did Ellen Page not get an Oscar nomination for this movie?
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MCT:September 16, 2008
A good movie, quite disturbing. Ellen Page and Catherine Keener give excellent performances. It's based on a true story, but the ending kinda went away from that, which irritated me. It's a very serious movie that would have been better off sticking to the facts.
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MCT:September 15, 2008
A disturbing true story about a suburban housewife who torture & kept a teenage girl locked in the basement.
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MCT:September 14, 2008
An American Crime is a hard hitting and emotionally heartbreaking film based upon a horrendous crime. The perfomances from the cast are great with Ellen Page showing once again her ability altho with a different role. There are many moments in the film where you will have to look away or you will fill up as what happens is down right disturbing.
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MCT:September 13, 2008
A truly disturbing story taken from trial transcripts....
An American Crime should have been as brilliant as Sybil. The story was just waiting to be filmed. The writing and directing slow this film and move it from brilliance to mediocre. Outside of Ellen Page, the acting was truly horrendous. 3 stars only because this is a story which needed to be told. -
MCT:September 12, 2008
OMG...let me just say....I have been watching a LOT of depressing movies lately...lol.....but OMG, Ellen Page! Mangifcent in this movie of child abuse. She is by far the most talented young actress I know!! LOVE her.
TO think that really happened, and that young children were even getting in on the action of beating her, why? cause they are vored in their little hick town??? WTF???? Sad movie, but just to watch this talented Actress..was well worth the tears! -
MCT:September 8, 2008
Wow this movie had a big inpact on me. I was nearly in tears. It sucks that this has
actually happened in real life. It's a real downer that someone would do this to a teen. Ellen Page is an amazing actress <3 Everyone else in the film did an awesome job as well. Really brought the reality of the crime to life. -
MCT:September 6, 2008
A exceptional well-made drama that is very shocking and harsh to watch. Ellen Page does another absolutely mesmerising performance in this movie based on a true story about horrible child abuse in the 60s that lead to a death of a teenage girl.
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MCT:September 2, 2008
"The true story of a shocking crime and a secret that wouldn't keep" wow ellen page mempesona sekalee disini dan catherine keener pun bermain benar-benar menyatu dengan perannya. Tapi benar-benar deh bagi gw ellen page disini jauh lebih menggigit daripada di Juno.
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MCT:September 2, 2008
Excellent acting in this movie based on a horribly true story. Ellen Page, Ari Graynor, and Catherine Keener turn in outstanding performances, especially Page, who looks so beaten down and terrified you would think you were actually watching this brutal crime take place. Highly recommended.
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MCT:August 31, 2008
The film flows more like a play-by-play of the events rather than an in-depth account of what happened, but it's relatively saved by Catherine Keener's excellent performance and a talented supporting cast.
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MCT:August 30, 2008
very sad...Çok üzücü gercekten cok asab?m bozuldu...o kadin iyi halinden bir muddet sonra sal?verilmis...COK YAZ?K.
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MCT:August 29, 2008
Ohhhh, boy Ok as a mother you WILL have a very hard time watching this.It's like basically your worse nightmare come true.I would have never left my kids with a perfect stranger to begin with,but it was a different time then,People were more trusting and Gertrude went to church and to the outsiders put off the "Oh poor me,I am broke,and I have too many kids,but I go to church and I am a good person"BULLSHIT mask!This movie is disturbing in ways that enrage me as a mother,that any woman could allow this to go on in her own home,and then let the whole dam neighborhood kids come in and beat the crap out of her,Oh hell no!This chick was totally off her rocker she should have never had custody of ANY of her children ever.Ellen Page is truly a remarkable actress for her age,and I think she should have been nominated for an Oscar for This movie a hell of a lot more than Juno.She was Incredible in this and that is an understatement.The fact that this is a true story will haunt me for a very long time.See it,Just be warned.
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MCT:August 28, 2008
Starts off slow, but picks up steam in a hurry.
This is the kind of film that is truly horrifying because not only could it happen, it in fact did happen.
Catherine Kenner and Ellen Page give inspired performances, but it's the real story that is the star of this film.
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MCT:August 25, 2008
good one. maybe i wud have loved it, if they had used different actresses, ellen page is not my favorite actress, i saw hard candy and hated it, juno overrated, and in this one i dont say its not good acting, im just getting sick of seeing her so much, and i think with the story they were telling they cud do more, what i like about a movie like this is when it makes u hate the bad guy, that it gets u into the story that way, keener didnt make me feel like that, but anyways, its a good movie and you shud watch it. what makes me feel bad is the cruelty that she had to endure and the fact that this was a true story
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MCT:August 24, 2008
"Every situation God always has a plan. I guess I'm still trying to figure out what that plan was".
Chorei o filme inteiro.
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nawlinsjposted 192 days ago -
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well after watching Hard Candy Ellen Page became on my favourites list and this movie seems like another great performance and hopefully she will get the oscar recognition she deserves
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