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- 1990
- PG-13
- Orion Pictures
- 1 h 46 m
- 1990
- PG-13
- Orion Pictures
- 1 h 46 m
Summary A spoiled Manhattan housewife re-evaluates her life after visiting a Chinatown healer.
Directed By: Woody Allen
Written By: Woody Allen
- 1990
- PG-13
- Orion Pictures
- 1 h 46 m
- 1990
- PG-13
- Orion Pictures
- 1 h 46 m
Summary A spoiled Manhattan housewife re-evaluates her life after visiting a Chinatown healer.
Directed By: Woody Allen
Written By: Woody Allen
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
67
68% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
32% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
67
68% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
32% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
It's a brilliant film, written tightly enough so that practically every word is important. Add a large cast that blends into a perfect ensemble, plus direction that gives every shot some meaning, and you can't ask much more. [25 Jan 1991, p.3F]
Alice Tate seems at first to be no more than a grimly sweet nothing, but she evolves into a giddily sweet something. So does her movie. [25 Jan 1991]
Watchable and sometimes funny, but ever so thin.
Performances are strong all around, with a succession of top actors making the most of their brief turns. But the center of the pic is Farrow, who’s funny and touching.
This is lesser Woody Allen -- nothing horrible, but nothing to recommend except to his particular fans. [25 Jan 1991, p.C1]
Alice is certainly handsome to look at, and as usual Allen's camera is placed impeccably -- if he's overrated as a screenwriter, Woody Allen has yet to receive his due as a director. Still, what's wrong with Alice is in the script, and Allen wrote that, too. [25 Jan 1991, p.G5]
At its best the movie displays a vital playfulness. But at its worst -- and there's far too much of that -- Alice continues Allen's endless, banal quest for the Big Answers. All, of course, at the mild-mannered elbow of Farrow.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
