appalled

from the guardian:
If you want to be truly disturbed, watch out for An American Crime, which makes Hounddog look like Herbie Fully Loaded. This extraordinary account of a series of real events that took place in 1965 in the Indiana home of Gertrude Baniszewski is one of the most frightening films I have seen in a long time. Catherine Keener is astonishing as the deranged single mother of a large brood who takes in her itinerant neighbours' two daughters for some much-needed extra cash and proceeds to torture and eventually destroy the older girl, played by Ellen Page.

American critics, a delicate breed, hated it. And while they were right to question the title (there's nothing particularly American about the crime), to call it an "artistic nullity" as trade mag Variety did is ludicrous. This is bold film-making that strong-arms the viewer into confronting hideous truths that can arise from mental frailty and peer pressure.''

looks like this film, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival, and I've been banging on about for a while isn't getting it's much deserved release. There is talk of a straight-to-DVD. I for one am indignant. Just goes to show you that when it comes to a film being successful or not it's all in the marketing and distribution.