Being a teenager can be murder.
Tired of their mother's alcoholism and a string of her abusive boyfriends, two sisters plot to kill her.
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- Renoon TMDB · Dec 20157/10
> Perfect sisters' perfect evildoing. The Canadian version of 'Heavenly Creatures'. The director admits he inspired by the Peter Jackson's movie. But you must know that this film was also based on the real sisters who were fed up with their irresponsible and alcoholic mother and her abusive boyfriend. So they plot to set free themselves from the messed up life as they think they deserve better. It was supposed to be a television movie, but later it saw a limited theatrical release and a mixed response from all quarters. I liked the film, for its strong content, but the weakness lies in the first half. The beginning was a very poor quality of presentation, the next half was the reason I favoured it where it erupts while the narration nearing the conclusion. Since no one knows the details about the real sisters, the characters were altered in the movie as the cast desired to attack few things to complete it. Both, Abigail Breslin and Georgie Henley were not bad, but it's hard to believe these child actors are all grown up. In a few years, they will be in the lead! Anyway, this film is worth a watch, especially true stories like this fascinates me. We could learn about our world and i
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Cast
- Abigail BreslinSandra Anderson
- Georgie HenleyBeth Anderson
- Mira SorvinoLinda / Perfect Mom
- Jeffrey BallardJustin
- Zoë BelkinAshley
- Jonathan MalenDavid
- James RussoSteve Bowman
- Rusty SchwimmerAunt Martha
- Stephan JamesDonny
- Zak SantiagoDetective Santiago Gates
Crew
- Stanley M. BrooksDirector
- Fab FilippoWriter
- Adam TillWriter
- Stéphanie Weber BironDirector of Photography
- Carmen RizzoOriginal Music Composer
- Robin KatzEditor
- Juliette HagopianProducer
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