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90Boldly structured, intensely focused and briskly paced, Alice and Martin has a tremendous emotional density that places the utmost demands upon its actors--and asks a lot of audiences, too.
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88It's a lovely, terrifying sight.
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88Richly compelling.
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80Miraculous photography.
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80Your attention is rewarded by a film of surprising depth and a few deep surprises.
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78Something that falls just shy of greatness.
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75This drama is richly photographed and enhanced by Binoche's steadily appealing performance.
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75With its intriguing relationships and sacrificial acts, Alice is a good alternative to happily-ever-after fluff.
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75Heartfelt and passionate and brave in what it attempts to explore.
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75Binoche is the ideal creature for that kind of cosmetic expansion, and, here, her thorough modernity takes on an almost cruddy, Italian sadness.
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70It isn't an entirely successful or satisfying film, but it's far from dismissible.
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70Thrives on vivid incidentals and telling details.
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70If you like your substance short on style, or just want a change of pace from "X-Men," this is the film for you.
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70All the main characters make a telling contribution to the claustrophobic web of feelings the drama comprises.
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70The sheer neurotic intensity of Techine's characters--characteristically stretching both backward and forward in time, as in a Faulkner novel--holds one throughout, as does Techine's masterful direction and many of the other performances.
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67Has storytelling rambles and lapses that no amount of electrifying jump-cuts and original image-making can compensate for.
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67Techine has a delicate touch and these lovely moments flow with a life that Martin's heavy, stumbling psychodrama can't match.
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63A mess, but a fascinating one.
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60That Techine manages to coax a somewhat happy ending from this staid, somber film is heartening proof that what doesn't kill us might indeed make us stronger.
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58It's as if, in exploring the scars that shape these personalities, Téchiné has forgotten to color in the flesh.
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58Eventually becomes tedious.
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50It's one of those movies whose appeal depends on the viewer's tolerance for watching French people suffer, smoke and sigh prettily.
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50It has its moments.
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38Best watched while doing a crossword or reading the paper.
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