Rotten
The movie itself apparently isn't sure the murders themselves are lurid enough. So it adds a few things that didn't happen, plus some 21st-century music.
David Hinckley, New York Daily News
Lizzie Borden Took an Ax
It's time to bury the hatchest
2014 · 1h 31m · TV-14
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Nick Gomez
Overview
Lizzie Borden Took An Ax chronicles the scandal and enduring mystery surrounding Lizzie Borden, who was tried in 1892 for axing her parents to death. As the case rages on, the courtroom proceedings fuel an enormous amount of sensationalized stories and headlines in newspapers throughout the country, forever leaving Lizzie Borden’s name in infamy.
Director and cast
- Nick Gomez Director
- Christina Ricci as Lizzie Borden
- Clea DuVall as Emma
- Billy Campbell as Andrew Jennings
- Jennifer Kydd as Socialite
- Brett Donahue as Marshal Fleet
- John Maclaren as Rev. Edwin A Buck
- Emmy DeOliveira as Girl #2 (voice)
- Andria Wilson as Nance O'Neill
- Ciaran MacGillivray as Stanley Jeffries
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
43%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The movie ends on such a note as to cause the audience to wonder how long it will take before "A," of Pretty Little Liars fame, starts leaving Lizzie Borden an incriminating text or two.
Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
It's slow and heavy-handed, tedious almost throughout. An average episode of Oxygen's Snapped isn't this dull, and has more interesting things to say about women who kill.
Gail Pennington, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
Lizzie Borden takes an ax to many assumptions -- including the one that Lifetime movies aren't worth watching.
Diane Werts, Newsday
Rotten
Lizzie comes across more as a whiny, moody teen than a psychotic murderess, and Ricci is much-too-attractive to play the dowdy, crazy-eyed Lizzie familiar from those faded black-and-white photos (just sayin').
Michael Starr, New York Post
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