Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 4, 2005 3/5

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Greg Muskewitz eFilmCritic.com Apr 12, 2004 4/5

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Enrique Buchichio Uruguay Total Sep 13, 2003

Mezcla de serie negra "a la francesa" con estudio srdido sobre la maternidad, Betty Fisher posee la estructura cinematogrfica que debe tener una pelcula que entrecruza historias como si fueran piezas de un collage que, al final, se juntan.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Apr 4, 2003 B-

A captivating story.

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Christopher Null Filmcritic.com Mar 25, 2003 4/5

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Ed Siegel Boston Globe Mar 14, 2003 2.5/4

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.

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Sean P. Means Salt Lake Tribune Feb 14, 2003 3.5/4

Like a Tarantino movie with heart, Alias Betty is richly detailed, deftly executed and utterly absorbing.

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Jeff Vice Deseret News (Salt Lake City) Feb 7, 2003 3/4

This is pretty dicey material. But some unexpected zigs and zags help.

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Harry Guerin RTÉ (Ireland) Jan 30, 2003 4/5

An ingenious and often harrowing look at damaged people and how families can offer either despair or consolation.

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David Elliott San Diego Union-Tribune Jan 3, 2003 2/4

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.

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Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion Jan 3, 2003 B

Sharp psychological thriller...about mothers and children.

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Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Dec 29, 2002 3/5

Either a fascinating study of the relationship between mothers and their children or a disturbing story about sociopaths and their marks.

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Robert W. Butler Kansas City Star Dec 19, 2002

Some of what happens in Alias Betty is highly improbable. Yet Miller and his excellent cast sell the story by not overplaying their hands.

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Matt Weitz Dallas Morning News Dec 13, 2002 B

Understated, elegant meditation on motherhood, obligation and coincidence, all wrapped up in the form of an urban thriller.

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Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune Dec 13, 2002 3.5/4

The story pulls us in almost immediately -- and the style and cast keep us hooked.

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Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone TheMovieChicks.com Dec 13, 2002 3.5/5

If this movie were a book, it would be a page-turner, you can't wait to see what happens next.

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Sean Axmaker Seattle Post-Intelligencer Nov 29, 2002 A

Claude Miller airs out a tight plot with an easy pace and a focus on character drama over crime-film complications.

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Moira MacDonald Seattle Times Nov 29, 2002 3.5/4

Miller tells this very compelling tale with little fuss or noise, expertly plucking tension from quiet.

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