Alias Betty
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73 out of 100

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  • Summary: As novelist Betty Fisher (Kiberlain) starts becoming darkly depressed after the death of her young son, her plotting mother arranges to have another little boy kidnapped to take his place.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
  1. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    100
    In today's cynical cinematic climate, there's something beautiful in Miller's simple poetic justice.
  2. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Stephanie Zacharek
    80
    This quiet French thriller gets to the heart of motherhood, and then pays off with comfort and calm.
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    60
    Makes for interesting, rather than emotionally compelling viewing.
  4. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    20
    The good news might be that Huppert wasn't available for Alias Betty, but the bad news is that it didn't stop France from exporting yet one more cold, pretentious, thoroughly dislikable study in sociopathy.

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