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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Scott Sandoe (written by)
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Tagline:
Family is the ultimate life sentence.
Plot:
A pregnant teenager is determined to leave her trailer park home with the hope of living a happy family life. full summary | full synopsis
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Cast

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Jena Malone ... Rena Grubb

Harmony Blossom ... Bikini Teen

Erik von Detten ... Kenton

Michelle Forbes ... Madge Grubb

Alicia Witt ... Barbie

Brad Renfro ... Jay Grubb

Chris Mulkey ... John Grubb

Micole Mercurio ... Faye

Wayne Federman ... Paramedic

Clifton Collins Jr. ... Buddy

Andrew Bowen ... Short Guard

Damon Standifer ... Guard Damon

Kevin Gage ... Deputy Richard

O-Lan Jones ... Hildegarde
David Dionisio ... Burly Guard
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Confessions of an American Girl (USA) (video title)
Lifers' Picnic (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for sexual content, language, teen suicidal behavior, and brief drug use.
Runtime:
88 min
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Certification:
Australia:M | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Singapore:M18 | USA:R

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: When Rena lies in the pool with the noose around her neck, the rope is floating towards her feet. In the next shot, it's above her head. more
Quotes:
[Chris has just found out that his daughter Rena is pregnant]
John Grubb: So who's the daddy?
Madge Grubb: I... I don't know that she knows.
John Grubb: Well, at least Rena's popular.
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1 out of 1 people found the following review useful.
Down to Earth True Story, 10 July 2008
10/10
Author: whpratt1 from United States

This film starts off with a young girl, Rena Gruff, (Jena Malone) sitting on a floor and breaks a picture frame in order to cut her wrists. You also proceed to see Rena try to hang herself on a dead tree limb and her efforts fail. Rena has a half-sister named Jay Gruff who looks down on her younger sister and treats her very badly. Rena also has a brother named Jay Gruff, (Brad Renfo) who is a young boy who seems hen pecked with all the woman around him. However, he loves his mother, Madge, (Michelle Forbes) who loves her family and holds the family together. The father is in prison for killing someone and most of the family do not care very much for him at all. Rena has a deep interest in her father and wants the family to visit their father for a prison picnic and no one in the family really want to attend, but Madge changed the families minds and that is when the film takes a very interesting change and there is some dark comedy, but this film is rather depressing.

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