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From TMDb members · 2 total- Andres Gomez5/10
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.
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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, a…
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An American Crime
“The true story of a child's punishment that became a woman's crime.”
73%
Movie
1h 37m
AI Analysis
An American Crime (2007) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of An American Crime (2007) — a movie tagged as Crime, Drama, and Horror with dark and nostalgic moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s. Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~97 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate An American Crime 73% (771 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
AI verdict
An American Crime is a film worth prioritising when you want something with solid community ratings — our AI analysis flags it as a strong match for its genre and tone profile.
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TMDb audience score
73%
from 771 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
Quick facts
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- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2007-07-27
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- TMDB rating
- 7.3
- TMDB ID
- 13008
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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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How long is the movie An American Crime?
The official runtime for An American Crime is approximately 97 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Cast
Elliot Page
Sylvia Likens
Catherine Keener
Gertrude Baniszewski
Hayley McFarland
Jennifer Faye 'Jennie' Likens
Nick Searcy
Lester Likens
Romy Rosemont
Betty Likens
Ari Graynor
Paula Baniszewski
Scout Taylor-Compton
Stephanie Baniszewski
Tristan Jarred
Johnny Baniszewski
Hannah Leigh
Shirley Baniszewski
Bradley Whitford
Prosecutor
James Franco
Andy
Scott Eastwood
Eric
Michael O'Keefe
Reverend Bill Collier
Carlie Westerman
Marie Baniszewski
Michelle Benes
Hope Orbach
Jeremy Sumpter
Coy Hubbard
Brian Geraghty
Bradley
Channing Nichols
Patty
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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.
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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