An American Crime

The true story of a young girl held captive by her insane caretaker comes to life in this disturbing film from Ella Enchanted director Tommy O'Haver. Hard Candy's Ellen Page stars as Sylvia Likens a teenager who, along with her sister, is left to live temporarily with seemigly-mild-mannered ...more

Ellen Page and Catherine Keener have both been characterized as "indie queens" and "It" girls at various points in their respective careers. While Page is an ingénue and Keener is experienced, each impressive actress bounces off the other as her own tower of emotion in the shocking, sometimes unwatchable An American Crime, the true story of a bright teenage girl imprisoned and tortured in an outwardly normal, inwardly psychotic housewife's basement. As Sylvia, Page is muted. She's playing ...more