That hasn’t stopped Chloë Sevigny from becoming the latest to portray maybe-murderess Lizzie Borden in popular culture. Past versions have included Elizabeth Montgomery (Bewitched) in a 1975 TV movie, and Christina Ricci in a 2014 TV biopic that spawned a brief series. Andrew Borden (Jamey Sheridan) is portrayed as a heartless businessman and a general nogoodnik who rapes the new maid (Kristen Stewart) on a nightly basis. As such, Lizzie operates as a so-so thriller and a not-so historical document, more concerned with the prurient details of the murder – like was the culprit naked perchance? We may never know the whole truth, and Lizzie certainly doesn’t move us any closer to it.

Source: National Post September 27, 2018 18:28 UTC