A dramatic and exciting movie that recounts real events from the life of Lizzie Borden, a young woman who accused of murder her father and his wife in 1892. Lizzie was feeling so lonely and sad because of the control of her father on her life. But she found a new path when she entered a relationship with their new maid, Bridget Sullivan.
13 September 1972, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, USA
12 July 1951, Pasadena, California, USA
17 January 1962, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
18 June 1965, Huntsville, Alabama, USA
18 November 1974, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
10 July 1958, County Cork, Ireland
July 4, 1980 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
15 April 1966, Oakley, Kansas, USA
4 July 1980, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
26 July 1966, Tenafly, New Jersey, USA
9 April 1990, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 August 1955, Highland Park, Illinois, USA
November 28, 2018
Lizzie is sustained by Sevigny and Stewart's portrayals, antiheroes of a story of the past. [Full review in Spanish]
September 24, 2018
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.
September 21, 2018
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.
September 27, 2018
For all the horror of her situation, Lizzie needed some larger motivation to wield her axe. Lizzie dramatically provides it.
September 21, 2018
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.
November 09, 2018
It's another unfortunate case of a good concept and great acting, badly managed, resulting in a promising but, in the end, mediocre movie.
November 01, 2018
Macneill displays a want to serve understanding and compassion to this difficult character, championing study over sensationalization.
November 09, 2018
In a moment where women and femmes are, in unprecedented numbers, demanding that their abusers be held accountable, this period drama is not without comfort.
November 27, 2018
Casting LIZZIE - a telling of how the Borden Ax Murders might have gone - as a gothic horror film makes a certain amount of sense. If only they had given the thing a pulse.
October 25, 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 and joyless for its own good.
September 27, 2018
Unfortunately, despite a couple of solid performances, the film doesn't break any new ground or offer any particular illumination on these grisly crimes.
September 20, 2018
While you wish the characters were a little more fleshed out, the light effectively traps you within that airless era.

