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American Crime

  • TV Series
  • 2015–2017
  • 16
  • 43m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
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American Crime (2015)
First look at Season 2 of American Crime on ABC.
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Seasonal anthology series. Season 1: The lives of the participants in a trial with significant racial motives are forever changed during the legal process.Seasonal anthology series. Season 1: The lives of the participants in a trial with significant racial motives are forever changed during the legal process.Seasonal anthology series. Season 1: The lives of the participants in a trial with significant racial motives are forever changed during the legal process.

  • Creator
    • John Ridley
  • Stars
    • Felicity Huffman
    • Regina King
    • Timothy Hutton
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    10K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,681
    56
    • Creator
      • John Ridley
    • Stars
      • Felicity Huffman
      • Regina King
      • Timothy Hutton
    • 85User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    • Won 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 15 wins & 90 nominations total

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    Lili Taylor
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    • Tom Carlin
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    • Aubry Taylor
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    • Eve Carlin
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    • Tony Gutierrez
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    Trevor Jackson
    • Kevin LaCroix
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    • Eric Tanner
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      • John Ridley
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    • Trivia
      This is an anthology series where each season features a new storyline and actors playing different characters.
    • Goofs
      The first season of the series takes place in Modesto, California but was filmed mostly in Texas. There are scenes when police vehicles have their lights on without a steady red light present. All police and emergency vehicles in California are required to have at least one steady red light on when the police/emergency lights on the front of police and emergency vehicles are on.
    • Connections
      Featured in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Kenneth Branagh/Felicity Huffman/Purity Ring/Kate Pierson (2015)

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    If one adheres to the belief that art reveals some critical aspect of being human, then American Crime is one of the best pieces of art I've ever seen in a network television series. The title may mislead viewers into expectations of a high-octane cop procedural; those anticipating such will be disappointed. Just like Breaking Bad (without the violence) American Crime operates on a much deeper, psychologically-taut, gut-wrenching level. It burrows into the souls of its characters, depicting each as they react to and evolve from a single murder committed in Modesto, California.

    Described without spoilers, the series begins after the fact, immediately introducing us to eight main characters touched directly by the crime and who are bluntly stereotyped by race, religion, familial position, lifestyle or psychological make-up. They react according to type but as facts of the murder emerge, the burden of carrying these conventions under such inconceivable circumstances forces each character to evolve from type or submerge more deeply and desperately within it.

    To say that American Crime reveals how messy life really is would be trite, a whopping understatement. These are extremely diverse characters, linked by a singular event and inflicted with raw, immense pain. They are extraordinarily fleshed out by the likes of Felicity Huffman, Timothy Hutton, Penelope Ann Miller, Benito Martinez and the always underrated but extremely gifted W. Earl Brown (Dan Dority from Deadwood, for a television reference).

    Creator John Ridley wisely chose to develop the series anthologically; like True Detective, the characters draw viewers into a world most never see and while the journey is richly satisfying, it is also so wholly unsettling that one can't imagine it continuing through 12 episodes, season after season.
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    • Release date
      • March 16, 2015 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 美式懸罪
    • Filming locations
      • San Marcos, Texas, USA
    • Production companies
      • LiveLikeLisa
      • Stearns Castle
      • ABC Signature
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      43 minutes
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    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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