kimi karma:An American Crime

For those who don't know what An American Crime is it's a movie starring Ellen Page,and It's a true story, happening the 1960's to be exact. It is and hopefully will always be the most horrific crime to ever be committed in the state of Indiana. It was about a 16 year old girl, who was locked into a basement and brutally tortured by a woman she was under the care of. Her parent's were alive, but they were carneys' and left her and her sister, Jenny who was not beaten. Under the care of this woman, (who was a alcoholic and cough syrup addicts)she wasn't even bothering to take care of her own children, but for $20 dollars a week received from the parents of the Likens sisters. She kept Sylvia likens in her basement, starved her,humiliated, beat her, burned her, branded her and tortured Sylvia until her body could withstand no more. Eventually the girl, was not only beaten by Gertrude, but she was also beaten by her children and the children's friends. It's a heartless and sickening crime, but it's things like these that need to be made known, so it doesn't happen anymore.



All of the actors in the movie, Where really good and That had difficult parts to pull off. It was a good movie, But at the same time. It's heartbreaking and morbid. So Unless You want to cry and be mad at the world. I suggest, not watching it. Because you truly ask yourself, why would such a person do that? How could that really happen? and it does. all the time. Maybe not to the extremes of this movie, but it happens. This movie really gets your brain going, cause you're asking yourself a lot of question. Some of the abuse she suffered, included being naked and forced into shoving a glass Coca Cola bottle into her vagina in front of a group of neighborhood boys. Having scalding water poured all over her and having salt rubbed into he r burns. Often, she was made to eat her own feces. And etc.... This movie, doesn't show all the facts about what really happened or all details. But if you would like to know more you could research it. This movie gets you to ask a lot of questions. Their were two movies made of this specific story, I've only seen this version. There are also books. This movie is truly disturbing, demented and at parts excruciating to watch.




It shows how teenage, frustration and jealously and mental illness untreated can be so tragic. This movie is tragic, She was tortured for months of her life and her life soon came to an end. Her life came to an end, after being thrown down the stairs one last time, being bathed fully clothed and thrown onto a mattress laying on the floor, only to stop breathing. She died in silent agony. She died from brain swelling, internal hemorrhaging of the brain and shock. Well now that I've told you the concept of the movie and a lot of the artifacts, I would just like to say that I recommend watching this movie, just because of the history of it. And the fact that I gained a lot of knowledge. But like I said, It's a grim movie. But I don't think I can rate this movie, just for the obvious. It's not like it can be anyone's favorite or anything...





-kimi karma