An American Crime 2007 123movies

Watch: An American Crime 2007 123movies, Full Movie Online – Based on a true story that shocked the nation in 1965, the film recounts one of the most shocking crimes ever committed against a single victim. Sylvia and Jennie Fae Likens, the two daughters of traveling carnival workers are left for an extended stay at the Indianapolis home of single mother Gertrude Baniszewski and her six children. Times are tough, and Gertrude’s financial needs cause her to make this arrangement before realizing how the burden will push her unstable nature to a breaking point. What transpires in the next three months is both riveting and horrific..
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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Ratings:

	7.2/10 Votes: 35,132
	43% | RottenTomatoes
	N/A | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 542 Popularity: 17.163 | TMDB

Reviews:

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.

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.

Sylvia Likens used to be a childhood game in my neighborhood…
I was born in 1970 and had an Aunt that lived just down the street from the house where Sylvia and her sister were staying. When I first heard the name “Sylvia Likens” it was in a childhood chant which was very disrespectful to her life/death. When my mother heard me, she asked why I was doing that and I said it was a spooky game. She explained to me at that time that Sylvia was a real girl who lived through a horrid time. It wasn’t until I was older that I found out she was murdered. Although it was a bad neighborhood, sometimes my husband and would drive by the house. Its frightening to think of what happens in our country, and in the very state I live in. I think it was important for this film to be made, especially when I read that none of the actors had heard of Sylvia’s story. There is a park not far from her home that has a memorial in place for her, with her picture on it.

A good movie, but…
An American Crime is based on the true story of the murder of Sylvia Likens. The acting in the movie was superb, in particular Ellen Page and Catherine Keener. Had this been a fiction story, then the plot and characterization would be nothing short of fantastic. However, this was NOT a fiction story and what is glaringly obvious about this film is how the writers have downplayed how evil and demented Gertrude Baniszweski truly was. The story does not cover most of the brutal torture Sylvia endured on a random basis (before she was trapped in the basement). For example, in reality Gertrude had a fondness for kicking Sylvia in the crotch to the point where Sylvia’s autopsy showed a shattered pubic bone.

This movie, instead, tries to portray a troubled, yet at times sympathetic, Gertrude. I don’t agree with how the viewer is made to sympathize with Gertrude and to not view her not as a monster, but as a semi-normal person who was, for reasons of poverty, frustration and fear of society’s judgment of her children, driven to commit this heinous crime. I know the director was trying to avoid over the top sensationalism with this story, but if you read the accounts of what ACTUALLY happened in this case, you will find this movie to be quite a dulled down version. All in all, it’s worth viewing.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 38 min (98 min)
Budget 2000000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Biography, Crime, Drama
Director Tommy O’Haver
Writer Tommy O’Haver, Irene Turner
Actors Elliot Page, Hayley McFarland, Nick Searcy
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 3 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Moviecam Compact, Hawk C-Series Lenses
Laboratory FotoKem Laboratory, Burbank (CA), USA (processing)
Film Length 2,670 m (Sweden)
Negative Format 35 mm (Fuji Eterna 500T 8573)
Cinematographic Process Hawk Scope (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 35 mm