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Alexandra's Project

Generally favorable reviews
Based on 6 critic reviews
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Based on 5 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama | Suspense/Thriller
Written by: Rolf de Heer
Directed by: Rolf de Heer
Release Date:
Theatrical: February 18, 2005
DVD: April 5, 2005
Running Time: 103 minutes, Color
Origin: Australia
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring Gary Sweet, Helen Buday, Bogdan Koca, Jack Christie, and Samantha Knigge
It's Steve's (Sweet) birthday, and things can't seem to get better. After receiving a much awaited promotion, Steve returns home expecting to find his wife Alexandra (Buday) and his two children waiting to surprise him. Instead, he discovers an abandoned house and a mysterious video tape that he is forced to watch. (Film Movement)
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What The Critics Said
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Film Threat Eric Campos
Incredible because for a 100 minute movie, Alexandra's Project passes like 30. Incredible also that most of those 100 minutes take place in a single living room. It's the tension and performances that pull you through, never letting your attention stray from what's going down on-screen.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Stephen Cole
Actress Helen Buday is coolly persuasive in the seesaw role of an unbalanced housewife who jerks from despair to anger.
Read Full Review >Variety David Stratton
The punishment seems out of all proportion to the "crimes" committed, so that the film becomes no simplistic pro-feminist tract but is, on the contrary, more complex and disturbing.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt
Macpherson keep things creepy and mystifying. But that damn videotape takes the edge off the mood both visually and dramatically.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
But de Heer's high-concept feminist tract loses some of its integrity over time, as it slowly devolves into a seedy, voyeuristic thriller that takes all too much pleasure in turning the screws.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle John McMurtrie
But the film suffers from a major and unforgivable flaw, one that grows more implausible and ridiculous over time.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 4.6 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Ted K. gave it a1:
I am generally a huge fan of independent movies, and decided to watch the movie on a whim after reading a brief plot description. What a horrible mistake. This is one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my life. It was bizarre and disturbing, with no clear point to the story -- a horrid exploration of mentally unbalanced, ugly people who look awful in the nude. Please, if you value your time, do not go anywhere near this movie. It is one of the worst ever made.
Lisa S gave it a3:
I watch and totally support and love independent films only. Rarely do I watch a movie produced and directed by a major commercialized production compay. But this film, 'Alexandra's Project', was by & far the worst indie movie I've ever seen. Suspense with no ending is not for me. The best comment I can make about this film is that somehow, I managed to watch it from start fo finish. All the time anticipating and hoping that the conclusion would at least nicely wrap up or add some meaning to this complete waste of a time production. It didn't...the ending was worst than the movie itself. The main character (Steve) is a pretty horrible actor. The female actor not so bad. Decent .
