A darkly romantic story of murder and redemption, set against an eerily familiar American landscape.
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| Monica Keena | ... | Roseanne Skolnick | |
| Ellen Barkin | ... | Maggie Skolnick | |
| Michael Ironside | ... | Fred Skolnick | |
| Vincent Kartheiser | ... | Vincent | |
| James DeBello | ... | Jimmy | |
| Jeffrey Wright | ... | Chris | |
| Conchata Ferrell | ... | Bella | |
| Marshall R. Teague | ... | Coach (as Marshall Teague) | |
| Nicki Aycox | ... | Cecil | |
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Christian Payne | ... | Dean |
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Anthony Chow | ... | Teacher (as Anthony C. Chow) |
| Bonnie Somerville | ... | Stuck Up Girl | |
| Lucinda Jenney | ... | Vincent's Mom | |
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Jim Boyce | ... | Mr. Dwyer |
| Matt Champagne | ... | Counselor Lord | |
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This is a contemporary fable loosely based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment". Roseanne is outwardly a perfect and popular teen. However, her image is hiding the abuse at her stepfather's hands, and she decides to take revenge. The events that follow are a mix of dark humor and an exploration of modern morality as Roseanne faces not only a fellow suburbanite who knows, but her own conscience as well. Written by Anonymous
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When I first heard about this being based on Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment I was fearful that it was going to be another half-hearted teen version of a classic. I am so glad I was wrong.
While Dostoyevsky made his point with words, Rob Schmidt did the same with the films imagery which truly was both narcotic and haunting. He would make you feel as if you were in some drug induced dream/nightmare. You felt as if you were trapped between Heaven and Hell, happiness and sorrow, love and loss.
As the story progresses you watch the ghosts of Roseanne (Monica Keena) slowly absorb her. She goes from this glowing image of beauty to a shadow of a human being. It's stark and disturbing. While Vincent (Vincent Kartheiser) the seemingly gloomy one, who loves her from the beginning of the film is the sole voice of reason, hope, and beauty in her slowly cascading world of tragedies.
The film epitomizes the continuous hopelessness that many today feel but refuse to acknowledge. Although, I think what the film does best is that it shows us these sadnesses while reinforcing us with the concepts that we can make anything happen if we want to badly enough. Good or bad, we are the only ones responsible for our fates.