Alice

Name: Alice
Genre: Drama
Released: March 18, 2022
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 47
Cast: Alicia Witt, Common, Craig Stark, Gaius Charles, Jonny Lee Miller

2022

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Vertical Entertainment | Release Date: March 18, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Alicia Witt, Common, Craig Stark, Gaius Charles, Jonny Lee Miller, Katie Gill, Keke Palmer, Kenneth Farmer, Sharonne Lanier, Shiquita James

Summary: Alice (Keke Palmer) spends her days enslaved on a rural Georgia plantation restlessly yearning for freedom. After a violent clash with plantation owner Paul (Jonny Lee Miller), Alice flees through the neighboring woods and stumbles onto the unfamiliar sight of a highway, soon discovering that the year is actually 1973. Rescued on theAlice (Keke Palmer) spends her days enslaved on a rural Georgia plantation restlessly yearning for freedom. After a violent clash with plantation owner Paul (Jonny Lee Miller), Alice flees through the neighboring woods and stumbles onto the unfamiliar sight of a highway, soon discovering that the year is actually 1973. Rescued on the roadside by a disillusioned Black activist named Frank (Common), Alice uncovers the lies that have kept her enslaved and the promise of Black liberation.… Expand

Director: Krystin Ver Linden

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 100 min

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Martin Carr

Jan 28, 2022

In many ways, Alice feels like a film looking to inform as well as entertain, by exploring the evolution of Black identity with unflinching honesty. Read full review

Dan Callahan

Jan 25, 2022

Ver Linden never goes the commercial route here with her high-concept idea. Like Palmer, she stays true to her goal but does give the audience several satisfying moments that call for applause. Read full review

Amy Nicholson

Jan 25, 2022

The power of the film — and of Palmer’s phenomenal performance — is watching Alice grow into her voice. Read full review

The Playlist Robert Daniels

Jan 25, 2022

Linden offers a fascinating premise, but her visual language doesn’t catch the eye, and the potential excitement to be mined from translating Blaxploitation motifs for modern-day audiences is missing. “Alice” could’ve been so much more, but instead, it comes off like a lost opportunity. Read full review

Pat Padua

Mar 16, 2022

It’s a fantastic idea, but the execution is inconsistent. Alice, the movie, dares to go through the looking glass, but it doesn’t entirely know what to do once it gets there. Read full review

Beandrea July

Mar 17, 2022

Ver Linden wants us to view Alice as an empowered freedom fighter. Instead she lands as a caricature of one, as the film never really metabolizes or unpacks its conceit: the bonkers time-traveling predicament of its protagonist. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Odie Henderson

Mar 18, 2022

If this film were a person, it would tell you it had a Black friend and voted for Obama twice. That’s how insultingly simplistic it is about race. Read full review

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NewSeason

Mar 26, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What makes this movie so riveting, is that this literally happened to people. The cast was amazing.… Expand

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geometrical

Apr 6, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I initially thought Alice would be more of a time travel/ sci-fi type film when I read about it after its premiere at Sundance last year. Can't say I'm disappointed, this movie is a pretty okay B drama/thriller with an interesting premise.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Mar 24, 2022

If you overlook its more than total lack of logic and the fact that much of what it shows is basically a painful parody, perhaps Alice might seem worthy of your time. Otherwise, I can only say that I find it regrettable and offensive that this kind of subject matter is treated so cavalierly.

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Qhasi

Apr 6, 2022

Antebellum starring Janelle Monae already tackled this subject. However, this film turns it on it's head, where the slaves have no idea that there is a modern world out there. They believe that they are in the 1800's(We are never told how). The premise of this film is so salivating. However,Antebellum starring Janelle Monae already tackled this subject. However, this film turns it on it's head, where the slaves have no idea that there is a modern world out there. They believe that they are in the 1800's(We are never told how). The premise of this film is so salivating. However, the execution is so terrible that all it does is inspire frustration.

How someone who goes from living on a plantation as a slave in the 1800's finds herself in the 1970's and yet seems to settle in without even slightly losing her mind, is bizarre, to say the least. There's no exploration of how 1970's America would be a complete shock to her. I could go on about what a missed opportunity this film is. But I'd just frustrate myself worse than this film did.

Such bad storytelling should be illegal. It's so bad and implausible, it puts Tyler Perry to shame. Whoever made this film shouldn't be allowed to make another film ever again!… Expand

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All_ButTrU4

Apr 5, 2022

Ruined by it's formless direction and cliches this movie feels like a weak attempt at depth. It's a void with no attention to detail or complexity, no instead it jumps through plot points carried by unconvincing performances from Common who has the charisma of drying paint . Keke PalmerRuined by it's formless direction and cliches this movie feels like a weak attempt at depth. It's a void with no attention to detail or complexity, no instead it jumps through plot points carried by unconvincing performances from Common who has the charisma of drying paint . Keke Palmer invest herself into her role with an admirable dedication but nevertheless it fails to convey the life altering seriousness of this interesting predicament. I wish this idea had been handled by a competent director/screenwriter in the likes of Peele or McQueen because the plot should make for riveting television.… Expand

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