We all know the rhyme, “Lizzie Borden took an ax, She killed her mother with forty wacks, After she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one.” Well tonight at 8p on Lifetime we are going to learn the story behind it, in the telemovie
Lizzie Borden Took an Ax. Christina Ricci, plays the woman who was acquitted of killing her father and step-mother back in 1892.
So what lead to her being arrested for killing them? We find out how her father treated her and let’s just say he was no angel. Then we see what happened the day of the murders and the police investigation into them. Finally we watch the court case play out until we see her get away with murder, that is if you believe she did it. The movie will leave you guessing whether or not she was the one who took an ax to her parents.
Ricci stuns as the notorious woman, who kids still rhyme about until this day. Clea Duvall is very believable as her supportive sister, who suddenly is unsure about everything.
Lizzie Borden Took an Ax keeps your interest from the beginning until the end as you learn the story behind a story thought you knew but really you didn’t until now.
