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Family Sins

2004 · 90 min

A grim, sobering true-crime drama that plays like a slow unearthing of buried cruelty, leaving you unsettled and heavy long after.

Directed by
Graeme Clifford
Genres
Drama
Tagline
The world saw them as the perfect family. The law found some perfect criminals.
Overview
Based on the true story of the Burt family who seemed normal, upstanding members of the community but were actually deeply embedded in crime. The matriarch took in foster children who were subsequently molested and abused by her husband and children and she kept a woman enslaved and imprisoned in the basement for over twenty years until the woman's daughter managed to get to Rhode Island Attorney General David Morwitz and expose the horrors taking place in the Burt household.

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Directed by
Graeme Clifford
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • betrayal
  • trauma
  • isolation
  • justice
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror5
Humour0
Realism8
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity5
Emotional weight9

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