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Alice's House
Metascore
67 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
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  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    80
    Chico Teixeira's languid, libidinous Alice's House is the best argument against marriage and motherhood to appear in many a year.
  2. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Rene Rodriguez
    75
    Unlike Pedro Almódovar's "What Have I Done To Deserve This?," which focused on a similarly harried wife and mother who reached her breaking point, Alice's House does not leaven its heroine's plight with dark humor. Nor does it offer any easy escape route.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    75
    The power of this plot comes from the drudgery of daily existence, not shocking revelations or dramatic encounters. Some stories, Teixeira is wise enough to realize, are best left unadorned.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    75
    The titular abode in the Brazilian drama Alice's House is crowded, and its inhabitants dysfunctional.
  5. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    75
    Teixeira elicits extraordinary performances from his entire cast.
  6. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    75
    The gritty location shooting, the absence of a soundtrack and the casting of non-professionals in key roles help capture an all-important sense of place with almost documentary precision.
  7. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Carina Chocano
    70
    What Teixeira has set out to do, and accomplished brilliantly, is to find drama and pathos in the mundane details, thoughtless betrayals and casual cruelties. What lingers after watching Alice's House are not the moments of conflict but the inexorable rhythms of daily life.
  8. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    70
    Even though it sounds awfully depressing, there's something moving about watching people go at their lives with everything they have -- or don't have.
  9. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Stephen Farber
    50
    Too undernourished dramatically to make much of a splash. While it should earn some respectful reviews, audiences won't come away satisfied.
  10. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Julia Wallace
    50
    Alice's House is an utterly average foreign art-house film, with all the strengths and flaws that label implies.
  11. Variety
    Reviewed by: Deborah Young
    50
    If telenovelas were convincingly real, they would no doubt look like the tumultuous world of domestic strife and libido deftly limned in Alice's House. Documaker Chico Teixeira gives a light, natural feel to his small but fetching first feature.
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