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By Sheila O'malley (474) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 13 Sep 2018

The frustration with Lizzie is that a lot of it works, but the style - elegant, hushed, and period-appropriate - acts as a damper on all the…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue (704) on 13 Sep 2018

The two lead performances manage to find sympathy in otherwise despicable characters, especially in the quiet and more intimate moments…

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By Mark Jenkins (515) for NPR (1,713) on 13 Sep 2018

The movie's handsome appearance is complemented by assured performances…

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By Jose Solís Mayén (28) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 13 Sep 2018

Rather than focusing on Lizzie as a figure out of a horror movie or creepy folk tale, she is portrayed as a woman who found liberty only through…

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By David Bax (50) for Battleship Pretension (71) on 12 Sep 2018

Lizzie ultimately does more for history, women and cinema with its devotion to the muddiness of morality and the clarity, however fleeting, of love…

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By Katie Walsh (1,279) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 12 Sep 2018

The respect for Lizzie means that film almost denies drama, rendering some moments almost inert…

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By Katie Rife (451) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 12 Sep 2018

Putting Kristen Stewart and Chloë Sevigny on screen together was a wonderful choice—one that doesn’t deserve to be drowned in a torrent…

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By David Kaplan (436) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 12 Sep 2018

I challenge anyone watching LIZZIE, a new film about the Lizzie Borden murders of 1892 in Fall River, Mass., to NOT count the number of whacks…

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By Chris Nashawaty (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 12 Sep 2018

By the time the climactic act of violence finally arrives, there’s barely enough patience left in the viewer to feel any real sense of catharsis…

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By Jeanne Kaplan (738) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 12 Sep 2018

It's almost as if Sevigny was born to play Lizzie Borden. A resident of Massachusetts herself, she has been obsessed with this crime since childhood…

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By Rebecca Pahle (171) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 12 Sep 2018

There are disjointed elements here—a modern-leaning script, driftless performances and an overwrought score from Jeff Russo, its clanking…

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By Graham Fuller (154) for Culture Trip (49) on 12 Sep 2018

This is a genuine pressure-cooker movie in which every sound and footfall is unbearably loud; shrill or keening noises on the soundtrack keep…

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By Dominick Suzanne-Mayer (260) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 11 Sep 2018

Lizzie isn’t exactly an exciting film, but it’s absolutely a compelling one…

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By Henry Stewart (71) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 11 Sep 2018

The film moves evenly toward a conclusion that feels as inevitable as it does inescapable, while providing a plausible framework for the still-mysterious…

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By Kristy Puchko (422) for Pajiba (523) on 11 Sep 2018

Lizzie attempts a straight-faced and sinister tone that manages to be shocking only in how dull it is, even while being laced with full-frontal…

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By Jeannette Catsoulis (1,537) for The New York Times (9,847) on 10 Sep 2018

Lizzie isn’t perfect — the pacing can flag, and the lovely Kim Dickens, as Lizzie’s older sister, barely registers — but Ms…

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By Jim Vejvoda (203) for IGN (1,013) on 10 Sep 2018

Ultimately, an artsy crime film like this depends on the power of its central performances and how compelling the story’s main point is…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Big Apple Reviews (55) on 10 Sep 2018

Well acted, with a slow pace, examining more the why of Lizzie Borden's act than the what, since the what has already been shown by multiple…

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By Kristy Strouse (51) for Film Inquiry (1,269) on 10 Sep 2018

Lizzie works by slowly sharpening its knife, giving us a solid appraisal of how one woman could be driven to such deeds…

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By Staci Layne Wilson (667) for AtHomeInHollywood.com (165) on 05 Sep 2018

Lizzie is an intelligent, slow-burn chamber piece that also serves as a subtle nod to the #MeToo movement…

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