An American Crime: More Heinous than any Crime Movie

Suzanne 2022-08-04 20:16:34

This film is based on real events, and because it is true, it is more heinous than any crime film or even torture film I have ever seen, and it is full of sins that no screenwriter can write. It's better to call it a documentary than a movie.

People are strange creatures, especially in the case of mass crime. Everyone becomes extremely crazy and loses their reason and humanity. The unhappy mother who raised her children alone, the other children in the family, and the children in the small town—these people are the criminals in the case. They believe in religion, some are blood relatives, some are ignorant children, and they together make a little girl as pure as a cardamom flower. Tortured and tortured to death, they all said it was not their fault. They are the most ordinary of human beings—timid, mediocre, and cowardly, but capable of committing the most despicable crimes, but they all argue that it is not their fault, it's the way it is. They even make excuses for their actions. There is neither the courage nor the conscience to admit mistakes.

In The Crowd, Posner said: "The ferocity of mass sentiment is intensified by the total disappearance of the sense of responsibility." The realization that there will be no punishment--and the greater the number, the more certain it is--and because of the multitude And the momentary sense of power will cause the group to show some emotions and actions that are impossible for isolated individuals. In the middle of the group, the fool, the imbecile, and the envious person, freed from the feeling of their inferiority and incompetence, will feel a cruel, short-lived, but great power. " How succinct and profound.

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  • Ahmad 2022-03-28 09:01:13

    Cruel and shocking, both Ellen and Catherine's performances are beyond question. But IMDB viewers mentioned that the truth is far more brutal than the movie, and that the abuse by these abusers is far more brutal than the movie depicts, and no one but Stephenie showed a little sympathy or remorse in the process. A must-see movie, the imagination of a work of art is always outnumbered by reality.

  • Fay 2022-03-21 09:03:19

    The film that I have never dared to watch, I watched it with my friends, but I still haven't finished it. It's so cruel, the little girl is so pitiful, what did she do wrong? ! Distorted human nature, a mother can actually do this, it is still based on real events, it can only be said that the reality is too cruel! May the girl's heaven be well!

An American Crime quotes

  • Shirley Baniszewski: Don't worry Jennie. Mamma's just teaching her.

  • 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.