Alias Betty (2002)
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Reviews Counted: 51 Fresh: 47 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 7.2/10
Consensus:
Alias Betty works both as a gripping thriller and as a precisely drawn character study.
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Theatrical Release: Sep 13, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: Director Claude Miller was a protégé of Francois Truffaut, and the French master's influence is clear in this low-key thriller, based on the novel THE TREE OF HANDS by Ruth Rendell. Betty (Sandrine Kiberlain), a reclusive best-selling author and mother of a young son, is having a hard enough... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Sandrine Kiberlain, Nicole Garcia, Mathilde Seigner, Edouard Baer, Stephane Freiss
Director: Claude Miller
Screenwriter: Claude Miller
Story: Ruth Rendell
Producer: Yves Marmion, Annie Miller
Composer: Francois Dompierre
Screenwriter: Claude Miller
Story: Ruth Rendell
Producer: Yves Marmion, Annie Miller
Composer: Francois Dompierre
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12/15/03
Mezcla de serie negra “a la francesa” con estudio sórdido sobre la maternidad, Betty Fisher posee la estructura cinematográfica que debe tener una película que entrecruza historias como si fueran piezas de un collage que, al final, se juntan.
09/13/03
A pleasant enough valentine to Rendell's The Tree of Hands, if a story that deals with child abuse and sexual obsession could be described in those terms.
03/14/03
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Like a Tarantino movie with heart, Alias Betty is richly detailed, deftly executed and utterly absorbing.
02/14/03
This is pretty dicey material. But some unexpected zigs and zags help.
02/07/03
An ingenious and often harrowing look at damaged people and how families can offer either despair or consolation.
01/30/03
Miller is playing so free with emotions, and the fact that children are hostages to fortune, that he makes the audience hostage to his swaggering affectation of seriousness.
01/03/03
Either a fascinating study of the relationship between mothers and their children or a disturbing story about sociopaths and their marks.
12/29/02
Some of what happens in Alias Betty is highly improbable. Yet Miller and his excellent cast sell the story by not overplaying their hands.
12/19/02
Understated, elegant meditation on motherhood, obligation and coincidence, all wrapped up in the form of an urban thriller.
12/13/02
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The story pulls us in almost immediately -- and the style and cast keep us hooked.
12/13/02
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If this movie were a book, it would be a page-turner, you can't wait to see what happens next.
12/13/02
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Excellent movie: worth a rental
by: Mr. Greentoes 10/12/05
by: Mr. Greentoes 10/12/05
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