Product: Crime and Punishment (2000)
Rating: 5.0
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Updating an 1800s Russian classic to present day is risky; using an American (Glover) and 2 Brits (Redgrave and Hurt) to play Russians is even riskier. But somehow everyone pulls it off: scriptwriter, director, actors. Hurt's narrative is perfect and moves the film along; Glover's descent into ever deepening madness is unhinging; and Redgrave reveals vulnerability only known by mothers.