| 90 |
Los Angeles Times
Boldly 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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| 88 |
Chicago Tribune
It's a lovely, terrifying sight.
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| 88 |
Boston Globe
Richly compelling.
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| 80 |
LA Weekly
Miraculous photography.
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| 80 |
The New York Times
Your attention is rewarded by a film of surprising depth and a few deep surprises.
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| 78 |
Austin Chronicle
Something that falls just shy of greatness.
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| 75 |
San Francisco Examiner
Binoche 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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| 75 |
Christian Science Monitor
This drama is richly photographed and enhanced by Binoche's steadily appealing performance.
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| 75 |
San Francisco Chronicle
Heartfelt and passionate and brave in what it attempts to explore.
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| 75 |
New York Daily News
With its intriguing relationships and sacrificial acts, Alice is a good alternative to happily-ever-after fluff.
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| 70 |
Chicago Reader
The 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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| 70 |
Village Voice
Thrives on vivid incidentals and telling details.
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| 70 |
Salon.com
It isn't an entirely successful or satisfying film, but it's far from dismissible.
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| 70 |
Dallas Observer
If 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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| 70 |
Variety
Jonathan Holland
All the main characters make a telling contribution to the claustrophobic web of feelings the drama comprises.
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| 67 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Techine 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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| 67 |
Mr. Showbiz
Has storytelling rambles and lapses that no amount of electrifying jump-cuts and original image-making can compensate for.
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| 63 |
Miami Herald
A mess, but a fascinating one.
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| 60 |
TV Guide
That 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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| 58 |
Portland Oregonian
Eventually becomes tedious.
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| 58 |
Entertainment Weekly
It's as if, in exploring the scars that shape these personalities, Téchiné has forgotten to color in the flesh.
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| 50 |
Baltimore Sun
It'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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| 50 |
Film.com
It has its moments.
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| 38 |
New York Post
Best watched while doing a crossword or reading the paper.
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