“Crime and Punishment in Suburbia” quotes

(2000)
Movie Crime and Punishment in Suburbia
Title Crime and Punishment in Suburbia
Original title Crime + Punishment in Suburbia
Year 2000
Director Rob Schmidt
Genre Drama, Thriller
Plot – Rosanne is a pretty and vivacious teenager and has a boyfriend called Jimmy, but she's courted by Vincent too, a solitary and enigmatic student who spends his time staring at her photos. Rosanne's mother Maggie flees with her black lover letting her second husband Fred to turn upside down and to get drunk. Alone in the house with the teenager, one evening he abuses Rosanne, who kills him helped by Jimmy to avenge herself. The police thinks firstly Maggie is the culprit, but Vincent has always peeked at Rosanne and knows the truth. While Maggie is in jail, Rosanne befriends Vincent and his deep love convinces her to confess the crime. Rosanne is condemned and during the detention Vincent visits her often and waits for her.
All actors – Monica Keena, Ellen Barkin, Michael Ironside, Vincent Kartheiser, James DeBello, Jeffrey Wright, Conchata Ferrell, Marshall R. Teague, Nicki Aycox, Christian Payne, Anthony C. Chow, Bonnie Somerville
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“Crime and Punishment in Suburbia” Quotes 8 quotes
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    - Prosecutor: Didn't you say that you... wished your husband was dead?
    - Maggie Skolnick: Yes.
    - Prosecutor: And when you found the body...
    - Maggie Skolnick: Well, I was like..."What strange god did this?".
    Valerie Wildman - Prosecutor
    Ellen Barkin - Maggie Skolnick
    [Tag:murder, wife, wishes]
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    “- Teacher: What the hell are you doing, Vincent?
    - Vincent: I wanted to get a picture of what it looks like.
    - Teacher: What... what looks like?
    - Vincent: People pledging allegence.”

    Anthony Chow - Teacher
    Vincent Kartheiser - Vincent
    [Tag:loyalty, picture, promises]
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    “- Roseanne: You're such a weirdo. I don't even know why I listen to you.
    - Vincent: Because your heart knows I can see it.”
    Monica Keena - Roseanne Skolnick
    Vincent Kartheiser - Vincent
    [Tag:empathy, heart]
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    “Roseanne was pretty, she had money and she worked hard to be liked, but that didn't mean that guys like me could talk to her.”
    Vincent Kartheiser - Vincent
    [Tag:popularity, superficiality, talking]
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    “Guilt's a feeling you have towards people who are living. It's like everyday you're out there shaking hands, talking. But you, the guilty person, you know that it's all unreal. It's like guilt is this secret inside of you that destroys the fabric of everything, and then everything's unreal. You can't even have a life. But it's not necessary for...” (continue)(continue reading)
    Vincent Kartheiser - Vincent
    [Tag:guilt, responsibility, sorrow]
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    “Kindness is the most important thing.”
    Michael Ironside - Fred Skolnick
    [Tag:kindness]
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    “- Vincent's Mom: How's school?
    - Vincent: I love it. If they had it at night, I'd never leave.
    - Vincent's Mom: You know, it's going to be so interesting to see what you're like when you get out of this gloomy stage.”
    Lucinda Jenney - Vincent's Mom
    Vincent Kartheiser - Vincent
    [Tag:school, unhappiness]
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    “- Vincent: Do you want to know why we left New York? I robbed this old lady who lived next door to us.
    - Roseanne: You did?
    - Vincent: Yeah. Smashed up a bunch of stuff, got caught. They said I was walking the halls like a damaged little fucker.
    - Roseanne: I think you still are.”
    Vincent Kartheiser - Vincent
    Monica Keena - Roseanne Skolnick
    [Tag:crime, theft]
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