Crime + Punishment in Suburbia
No one stays innocent forever
No one stays innocent forever
Drama
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2000
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At school, Roseanne is the object of fellow student Vincent's infatuation. By night, she deals with a troubled family life: her mother, Maggie, cheats on her drunken husband, Fred. When Maggie's adultery is revealed, Fred viciously takes his anger out on stepdaughter Roseanne. With the help of her boyfriend, Jimmy, Maggie plots her revenge, but Vincent might be the one to help her forge a new life in this contemporary fable loosely based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment".
Director:
Cast:
Same Director
Details
Rated:
R
Runtime:
100 min
Release date:
25 Aug 2000
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$26,394
Awards:
3 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
The director guides Keena to a poignant performance.
– Jessica Winter,
Village Voice,
1 Jan 2000
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,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Every single thing about Crime and Punishment in Suburbia is stolen and tired.
– Dave McCoy,
Seattle Times,
1 Jan 2000
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,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
The ghost of Dostoevsky should sue.
– Jan Stuart,
Newsday,
1 Jan 2000