2018 · crime · drama · thriller
Lizzie
Directed by Craig William Macneill1h 46m2018
Massachusetts, 1892. An unmarried woman of 32 and a social outcast, Lizzie lives a claustrophobic life under her father's cold and domineering control. When Bridget Sullivan, a young maid, comes to work for the family, Lizzie finds a sympathetic, kindred spirit, and a secret intimacy soon blossoms into a wicked plan.
Our read: Lizzie (2018) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded crime · drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
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