Crime + Punishment in Suburbia

Crime and Punishment in Suburbia (stylized as Crime + Punishment in Suburbia) is a 2000 American crime drama film directed by Rob Schmidt, written by Larry Gross, and starring Monica Keena, Vincent Kartheiser, Jeffrey Wright, James DeBello, Michael Ironside and Ellen Barkin. The film is a contemporary fable loosely based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1866 novel Crime and Punishment, and focuses on a high school student who plots to murder her stepfather after he brutally rapes her. The film premiered at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival before being given a limited theatrical release by United Artists in September of that year. It received generally negative reviews from critics and grossed $26,394 at the United States box office.