Rotten
Tragic tale of child abuse fails to make any sense of the crime.
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
An American Crime
The true story of a child's punishment that became a woman's crime.
2007 · 1h 37m · R
Crime, Drama, Horror
Directed by
Tommy O'Haver
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An American Crime
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.
Director and cast
- Tommy O'Haver Director
- Catherine Keener as Gertrude Baniszewski
- Elliot Page as Sylvia Likens
- James Franco as Andy
- Bradley Whitford as Prosecutor
- Ari Graynor as Paula Baniszewski
- Nick Searcy as Lester Likens
- Michael O'Keefe as Bill Collier
- Romy Rosemont as Betty Likens
- Jeremy Sumpter as Coy Hubbard
- Evan Peters as Ricky Hobbs
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
40%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Not even the considerable talents of lead thesps Catherine Keener and Ellen Page can alleviate the artistic nullity that is An American Crime.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
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