An American Crime

Camryn 2022-03-21 09:03:19

I wanted to see this movie for a long time, but it didn't arrive, so I only saw it last night.

It was quite shocking, I was very depressed when I watched it, a little crazy, and my heartbeat kept accelerating.

I feel that the reason why the film is so oppressive is that the important point is that the film never breaks out of hysteria, but is unusually calm, a kind of abnormal rationality. This kind of abnormal emotion is presented in the movie, but it is magnified in your heart to the point of distortion and struggle.

Looking back on life, we are just walking in such a siege, unable to escape some kind of entanglement with human nature. After watching the movie, I feel the powerlessness of the individual more deeply. It seems that we can never escape, and we are just drifting in a chain.

And some things are inescapable, all we have to do is to go far beyond, to cross at a transcendent height, and look down calmly.

So, we look down, we go beyond...

In addition, the acting skills of the actors in the film are amazing. And Catherine Keener is even more unsurpassable. She is stunned, stunned, and can be freely retracted, wandering between the sins of mother's love in her heart.

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  • Bailey 2022-03-23 09:03:21

    The case itself is very extreme and shocking, and the processing of the film is much lighter and softer, and the second half of the film is slightly less powerful. Depressed women, ignorant children, teenage girls with early pregnancy, and the occlusion of rural towns in the United States in the last century constituted this human tragedy. ps. The female protagonist's biological parents have no words. It's really a series of stupid X can have children. I want to watch "Fruit Hard Candy" all over the place.

  • Nakia 2022-03-29 09:01:08

    Adapted from a true event, it tells the story of a girl played by Ellen Page who was fostered in the home of a single mother by her parents who went out to work and then abused to death. The brutality and cruelty shown in the film are simply a nightmare. Although child abuse incidents have been staged in China, but after the media reports, they have gradually faded out of people's field of vision. I really hope that this kind of film can be produced in China and attract the attention of the society, especially some authorities.

An American Crime quotes

  • Gertrude Baniszewski: [preparing to write the tattoo onto Sylvia's belly] Ricky... she came back from juvenile! Started stirring up trouble again... Johnny hold her!

    Sylvia Likens: No, please, please!

    Gertrude Baniszewski: Keep her still!

    Marie Baniszewski: If you move, it'll only be messy.

    Gertrude Baniszewski: [gives Marie a lighter and a safety pin] Light that.

    Sylvia Likens: No! No! No! Please! No! No! Please! Please!

    Gertrude Baniszewski: Stop it!

    Shirley Baniszewski: You got it right, mama?

    Gertrude Baniszewski: Make sure it's hot!

    Sylvia Likens: I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

    Gertrude Baniszewski: You liar!

    Sylvia Likens: Please stop, please no! Please!

    [Marie gives Gertrude the safety pin]

    Gertrude Baniszewski: You branded my daughters... now I have to brand you.

  • Gertrude Baniszewski: Who's in charge here?

    Johnny Baniszewski: You are, mama.