Fresh
The director guides Keena to a poignant performance.
Jessica Winter, Village Voice
Crime + Punishment in Suburbia
No one stays innocent forever
2000 · 1h 40m · R
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Robert Schmidt
Overview
Roseanne looks forward to her high school graduation and leaving her dysfunctional home life behind -- until a brutal act brings doom to all involved.
Director and cast
- Robert Schmidt Director
- Monica Keena as Roseanne Skolnick
- Ellen Barkin as Maggie Skolnick
- Michael Ironside as Fred Skolnick
- Vincent Kartheiser as Vincent
- James DeBello as Jimmy
- Jeffrey Wright as Chris
- Conchata Ferrell as Bella
- Marshall R. Teague as Coach
- Nicki Aycox as Cecil
- Lucinda Jenney as Vincent's Mom
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
21%
Tomatometer
Rotten
What should be the heart of the movie (the interior lives of the mother and daughter at the tale's center) is instead a dud; the female characters are barely drawn at all.
Ernest Hardy, Film.com
Rotten
Every single thing about Crime and Punishment in Suburbia is stolen and tired.
Dave McCoy, Seattle Times
Rotten
Director Rob Schmidt photographs the action in that visually cliched, MTV-influenced manner now de rigeur in much of independent cinema.
Jonathan Foreman, New York Post
Rotten
The ghost of Dostoevsky should sue.
Jan Stuart, Newsday
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