This is a well done movie, but it is difficult to watch. It tells the stragic story of Sylvia Likens death while living with Gertrude Baniszewski. Gertrude was a mentally unbalanced woman with 6 children of her own when she agreed to let Sylvia and Jennie Likens live with her. What took place in the basement of her house is unimaginable. Anyone who says that Gertrude was not a bad person needs to watch the movie again. She allowed her children and other kids from the neighborhood to torture Sylvia while she was under the influence of barbiturates. She was the adult and was responsible for Sylvia's death and for ruining the lives of all the children involved.