Alias Betty (Betty Fisher et autres histoires) (Betty Fisher and Other Stories) Reviews
Uruguay Total
Mezcla de serie negra "a la francesa" con estudio sórdido sobre la maternidad, Betty Fisher posee la estructura cinematográfica que debe tener una película que entrecruza historias como si fueran piezas de un collage que, al final, se juntan.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A captivating story.
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| Original Score: B-
Top CriticA pleasant enough valentine to Rendell's The Tree of Hands, if a story that deals with child abuse and sexual obsession could be described in those terms.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Salt Lake Tribune
Like a Tarantino movie with heart, Alias Betty is richly detailed, deftly executed and utterly absorbing.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
This is pretty dicey material. But some unexpected zigs and zags help.
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| Original Score: 3/4
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)
An ingenious and often harrowing look at damaged people and how families can offer either despair or consolation.
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| Original Score: 4/5
One Guy's Opinion
Sharp psychological thriller...about mothers and children.
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| Original Score: B
Austin Chronicle
Either a fascinating study of the relationship between mothers and their children or a disturbing story about sociopaths and their marks.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Kansas City Star
Some of what happens in Alias Betty is highly improbable. Yet Miller and his excellent cast sell the story by not overplaying their hands.
Understated, elegant meditation on motherhood, obligation and coincidence, all wrapped up in the form of an urban thriller.
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| Original Score: B
The story pulls us in almost immediately -- and the style and cast keep us hooked.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
TheMovieChicks.com
If this movie were a book, it would be a page-turner, you can't wait to see what happens next.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Claude Miller airs out a tight plot with an easy pace and a focus on character drama over crime-film complications.
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| Original Score: A
Miller tells this very compelling tale with little fuss or noise, expertly plucking tension from quiet.
| Original Score: 3.5/4
Combustible Celluloid
It says a lot about a filmmaker when he can be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense.
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| Original Score: 3/4
