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By Matt Oakes (180) for Silver Screen Riot (180) on 01 Nov 2018

Macneill displays a want to serve understanding and compassion to this difficult character, championing study over sensationalization…

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By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 24 Oct 2018

The team has come up with a psychologically realistic but polite work that, like the corsets around Lizzie's torso, feels too buttoned-down…

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By Shaun Munro (472) for Flickering Myth (680) on 10 Oct 2018

Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart shine in this sobering, unflinching depiction of an infamous cult figure…

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By Christopher Lloyd (287) for The Film Yap (559) on 09 Oct 2018

Lizzie is at times compelling and other times listless, a look back at a grisly bit of history that has become a gag, and tries to flesh out…

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By Joe Friar (93) for The Victoria Advocate (93) on 08 Oct 2018

The biopic brings empathy to the table as Sevigny plays the role of 32-year Lizzie as a woman still under the restrictive reigns of her wealthy…

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By Daniel Goodwin (35) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 08 Oct 2018

Sevigny's captivating incarnation is complimented by an absorbing Stewart in this mostly astounding account that stuns before stalling at the…

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By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 07 Oct 2018

Despite all the lurid details and topical relevance, Lizzie is so chilly and inert that it belongs in a whacks museum…

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By Alexa Dalby (160) for Dog and Wolf (160) on 03 Oct 2018

As Lizzie, Sevigny's blows are struck against an oppressive patriarchy, with superb support from Kristen Stewart as the family's Irish maid…

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By Lisa Jensen (117) for Good Times Santa Cruz (117) on 02 Oct 2018

A crawling narrative pace and repetitive last act mar the film's effectiveness…

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By Anne Brodie (132) for What She Said (131) on 01 Oct 2018

It's a small but earnest film that pretends to be nothing more than it is - an exploitative and grimy look at one of the most notorious murders…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 30 Sep 2018

Something of an intriguing curio (the first feature film about a subject treated in song, poem, television and theatre), Lizzie has some memorable…

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By Sarah Gopaul (223) for Digital Journal (223) on 29 Sep 2018

The overall tone of the film is very sullen, which means even the romantic element of the movie is still rather sombre…

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By Kate Taylor (347) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 26 Sep 2018

There are only two erotic scenes between the two women, and Macneill, Sevigny and Stewart handle them with conviction: For all the horror of…

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By Chris Knight (998) for National Post (1,405) on 26 Sep 2018

We may never know the whole truth, and Lizzie certainly doesn't move us any closer to it…

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By Bruce Demara (410) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 26 Sep 2018

Unfortunately, despite a couple of solid performances, the film doesn't break any new ground or offer any particular illumination on these…

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By Beth Accomando (509) for KPBS.org (509) on 26 Sep 2018

There are interesting elements in the film and Sevigny's acting anchors the film with a compelling portrait…

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By Richard Whittaker (567) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 25 Sep 2018

Dialogue is reduced to consistent mumbled whispering, in an attempt to build mood and tension, but that's as ineffectual as the sepia-tinged…

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By Adam Lubitow (13) for Rochester City Newspaper (13) on 24 Sep 2018

Aided by two strong performances from Sevigny and Stewart, Lizzie takes an unexpected path, in the process adding a new perspective to a crime…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 24 Sep 2018

The casting seems right, the pacing washes out the overbearing nature of these lives and waters down the motivations this script seems intent…

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By Ciara Dolan (18) for The Stranger (Seattle, WA) (891) on 24 Sep 2018

Lizzie tries to find the seemingly impossible balance between family drama, murder mystery, and queer romance…

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