Lizzie (2018)
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Critic Consensus: Lizzie forces audiences to take a new look at a widely known true-crime story -- even if the well-acted end result is never quite as gripping as it could be.
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as Lizzie Borden
as Bridget Sullivan
as Andrew Borden
as Abby Borden
as Emma Borden
as John Morse
as Andrew Jennings
as William Henry Moody
as Susan Gilbert
as Tenement Man
as Deputy Fleet
as Jury Foreman
as Tenant
as Professor Wood
as Irish Townsman
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All Critics (111) | Top Critics (24) | Fresh (71) | Rotten (40)
For all the horror of her situation, Lizzie needed some larger motivation to wield her axe. Lizzie dramatically provides it.
Unfortunately, despite a couple of solid performances, the film doesn't break any new ground or offer any particular illumination on these grisly crimes.
The movie tackles [Lizzie's sexual awakening] much more head-on -- and explicitly -- than other depictions of Borden's life, including a recent Lifetime movie and series, The Lizzie Borden Chronicles.
When the time comes for the famous axe and whacks, Lizzie reveals itself as more Greek tragedy than murder mystery - a depiction of feminine ferocity and ingenuity in the face of injustice.
Borden was a cold-blooded killer, and the handsomely crafted, at times laborious Lizzie takes a step back and examines her story in a semi-modern context.
While you wish the characters were a little more fleshed out, the light effectively traps you within that airless era.
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The story behind the nursery rhyme in all of its naked violence. Slow in parts but is salvaged in the long run with very fine performances most notably Kristen Stewart who is a most improved actress. (9-29-18)
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