It's not a bad movie: it's biggest problem being it's title. During the movie, one can understand the relation to Dosteiovsky's masterpiece, but the links are too thine. The story in itself, the transposition, would have came out better if they didn't have the pressure that provide the shadow of the original novel.
The situation, even if we feel that it has been re-chewed for teen aged public, is interesting. It is believable that the death of the father will only be profitable to all and, then again, that murder bring horrendous thoughts...
In the end, I am still praying for the American Movie Industry to stop easing things up for their audience, to stop showing them only what they want to see (Crime and punishement happens in a VERY poor context... the murder is for money), to start respecting the original context of the art pieces they are copying, they are adapting, they are showing.
The situation, even if we feel that it has been re-chewed for teen aged public, is interesting. It is believable that the death of the father will only be profitable to all and, then again, that murder bring horrendous thoughts...
In the end, I am still praying for the American Movie Industry to stop easing things up for their audience, to stop showing them only what they want to see (Crime and punishement happens in a VERY poor context... the murder is for money), to start respecting the original context of the art pieces they are copying, they are adapting, they are showing.