Crime + Punishment in Suburbia

R 5.8
2000 1 hr 40 min Drama , Crime

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".

  • Cast:
    Monica Keena , Ellen Barkin , Michael Ironside , Vincent Kartheiser , James DeBello , Jeffrey Wright , Conchata Ferrell

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Reviews

MoPoshy
2000/09/15

Absolutely brilliant

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Maidexpl
2000/09/16

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

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Curapedi
2000/09/17

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

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Ezmae Chang
2000/09/18

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

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