Season 1 – The Lizzie Borden Chronicles

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Debbie A I liked it.... It's fictionalised and dark, like Hemlock Groves, Penny Dreadful, Bates Motel like, so yeah I liked it and I love Christina Ricci in her type or roles which are these type of roles, she deserves more recognition I feel. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/06/24 Full Review Audience Member I freaking love this show, im a huge fan. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Loved Christina Ricci in this series! She was as fierce & definitely had viewers conflicted as ro how to feel about Lizzie after watching her performance. So upsetting they didnt come back with a second season as season 1 leaves fans expecting to be filled in on all the open ended plots simultaneously happening. Unfortunately we are left only with her great performance, a sudden need to research historical events concerning Lizzie Borden's family & life events & perhaps a great imagination we can use to fill in the blanks. Everyone was great in this series from the writing, acting, directing, costumes design too the settings & atmosphere... everything worked together creating an eerie sense of looking into someone's darkest moments & explaining them in ways in which the viewers can come up with their own theories for why she is the way she is..... again, the only disappointment is that there won't be more to come. Very disappointed in lifetime. They finally had some good tv that satisfied a larger audience....SMH. whos making these decisions? Clearly they need to hire me lol... bc someone doesnt know what they are doin. Signed, Althea-Mar?iá P. M. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member everything about this series reads as cheap. a period dance scene set to blu cantrell? absolutely lazy. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Lifetime retools their Lizzie Borden film into a Dexter-like television series in The Lizzie Borden Chronicles. Season 1 follows the Borden sisters in the wake of Lizzie's acquittal for the murder of their parents as they move to a new house and deal with a private investigator who's intent on bringing Lizzie to justice. Featuring Christina Ricci, Clea DuVall, Cole Hauser, and Jessy Schram, the series has a strong cast that delivers some good performances. However, the writing goes downhill extremely fast. At first it's kind of clever and exciting with Lizzie tying up loose ends and taking out her enemies, but then it starts to get ridiculous with her killing off 2-3 people an episode without anyone catching or suspecting her. And this makes it difficult to develop recurring characters and continuing storylines. Still, the costumes and sets are especially well-done, giving an authentic feel for the time-period. Also the soundtrack brings a lot of energy to the series and heightens the action and suspense. Yet while the show has a lot of things going for it, the bad writing doomed The Lizzie Borden Chronicles to a short lived 8-episode season. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member I stumbled up on this just this past week. The Critics seem to dislike this show. I found it more to be a dark comedy and entertaining. The cast, costumes, and setting also makes it better than normal. As a true fan of the Walking Dead and Dexter, this had great potential. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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