Crime and Punishment in Suburbia is a 2000 film directed by Rob Schmidt and starring Monica Keena , Ellen Barkin , Michael Ironside , James DeBello and Vincent Kartheiser . This is a contemporary fable loosely based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment. Roseanne is outwardly a perfect and popular teen, who suffers from a dysfunctional home life. Her mother begins an affair with a local man and leaves her to live alone with her alcoholic stepfather . One night during an alcohol-fueled rage, he rapes Roseanne. Traumatized, she decides to take things into her own hands. With the... participation of her devoted and clueless boyfriend Jimmy the twosome murder her stepfather in retribution, but Roseanne's conscience quickly begins to unravel afterwards. The story is narrated by one of Monica's fellow classmates, Vincent , a boy who is as concerned with Roseanne's well-being as he is obsessed with her.
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| Release date: | 2000 |
| Directed by: | Rob Schmidt |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 100 Minutes |
| Producer: | Larry Gross, Christine Vachon |
| Music by: | Michael Brook |