An American Crime

Movie • 2007 • Crime  

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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.
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Does the dog die?
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Ollie2
The neglected pet dog lives, so the NO’s have it wrong
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Is there decapitation?
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Is there defecation?
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Is there throat mutilation?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Is a baby stillborn?
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Is there cannibalism?
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Does a non-human character die?
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Abandonment
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aiwxo
2 girls are made to think their parents have abandoned them, but the haven't
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Abuse
Is a child abused?
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Anonymous
The movie is based on the real life child abuse and murder of Sylvia Likens.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Are there abusive parents?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is someone stalked?
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Addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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ReziRose
Gertrude abuses prescription medication.
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Animal
Does an animal die?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a horse die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there bugs?
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Are there snakes?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Does a pet die?
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Are animals abused?
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Melissa_lynn
I would say yes but it’s fast enough that if you blink you will miss it
I didn’t like hearing the dog sad though woofing outside
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Are there spiders?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a cat die?
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Are there sharks?
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Assault
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msegirls
Not on screen, but you see right before it happens and right after it happens
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Seenit
She is raped with a glass coke bottle.
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Is someone restrained?
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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aiwxo
Grown woman forces a young teenage girl to insert a glass bottle inside of herself infant of a group of other children. The act is not shown but is spoken about, faces shown, and dialogue is seen between flashback and court room. The glass bottle falls and shatters signifying the act is done.
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Bodily Harm
Is there eye mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Seenit
Sylvia is subject to torture ranging from being viciously spanked to raped with a bottle to tattooed by locals
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Is there body horror?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there a hanging?
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there amputation?
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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msegirls
Pushed down stairs
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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KnightWhoSaysNi
Sylvia is forced to put a coke bottle in her vagina. We don't see her actually do it, but we see her facial expressions.
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Is there excessive gore?
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Does someone break a bone?
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KnightWhoSaysNi
Sylvia is burned with cigarettes in multiple scenes and is branded in one scene.
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Children
Does a kid die?
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Anonymous
Sylvia dies.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Death
Does a major character die?
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Does someone die?
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Family
Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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lrrr
Someone is being held against their will
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Does someone cheat?
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Does a parent die?
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Fear
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Are there razors?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there ghosts?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Does someone spit?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Mental Health
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Does someone self harm?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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marlee1164
Not self inflicted but it is shown that Sylvia is not given anything to eat or drink while being kept in the basement.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Noxious
Does a baby cry?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Is there screaming?
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Is there shakey cam?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Pregnancy
Does someone miscarry?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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disorderlygoth
there isn’t an abortion, but two of the characters briefly talk about it
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Is there hate speech?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Sex
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KnightWhoSaysNi
There are a lot of uses of the word "slut," and a character is tortured in sexual ways.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Is there bestiality?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Sickness
Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Does a plane crash?
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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Does someone drown?
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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