Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Theatrical Release: 09/15/2000(USA
Release Date: 01/02/2001
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: 5.1/2
Run Time: 98 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Not For Children, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: MGM

Recalling both The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) and American Beauty (1999), this teen drama recounts the trials and tribulations of one very dysfunctional family. Roseanne Skolnik (Monica Keena) is a popular high school student who is dating Jimmy (James DeBello), the football captain. She also lives in a family where her embittered mother Maggie (Ellen Barkin) is plotting to murder Roseanne's violent drunken stepfather Fred (Michael Ironside). After a smashed Fred rapes her, Roseanne starts plotting her stepfather's demise too. She ropes her boyfriend into doing the deed, and soon she finds herself under arrest and on trial for the crime. With all of her friends shunning her, she confides in her creepy voyeuristic neighbor. This film was screened at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.

~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Monica Keena - Roseanne Skolnik
Vincent Kartheiser - Vincent
Ellen Barkin - Maggie Skolnik
Jeffrey Wright - Chris
James DeBello - Jimmy
Michael Ironside - Fred Skolnik
Conchata Ferrell - Bella
Marshall Teague - Coach
Brad Greenquist - Calvin Berry
Lucinda Jenney - Vincent's Mom

Production:
Rob Schmidt - Director
Pamela Koffler Larry Gross Christine Vachon - Producer
Michael Brook - Composer
Larry Gross - Screen Writer
Matthew Barry - Casting
Susan Shopmaker - Casting
Bobby Bukowski - Cinematographer
Lynn D'Angona - First Assistant Director
Ruth Ammon - Production Designer
Ann Scibelli - Sound/Sound Designer
Craig Woods - Sound/Sound Designer

Twist
    Nick Stahl / R / 2003
O
    Mekhi Phifer / R / 2000
American Beauty
    Kevin Spacey / R / 1999