The Disappearance of Alice Creed

Name: The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: August 6, 2010
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Eddie Marsan, Gemma Arterton, Martin Compston

2010

METASCORE

Generally favorable reviews based on 19 Critics

See All

USER SCORE

Generally favorable reviews based on 39 Ratings

See All

6.9

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

6.9	Your Score
6.9	User Score Generally favorable reviews based on 39 Ratings

Would you like to write a review?

There is a 75 character minimum for reviews. If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box. Please do not use ALL CAPS. There is no linking or other HTML allowed. Your review may be edited for content. 0/5000

Check box if your review contains spoilers

Please enter your birth date to watch this video:

You are not allowed to view this material at this time.

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CREED

Movie Details & Credits

A Bigger Boat | Release Date: August 6, 2010

Starring: Eddie Marsan, Gemma Arterton, Martin Compston

Summary: Two men fortify a nondescript British apartment so it can serve as a prison, and then kidnap a woman and tie her to a bed. Before there's even time to react, we're plunged into a very nasty situation, but not a simple one.

Director: J Blakeson

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 96 min

See All Details and Credits

Awards & Rankings

Watch Now

Buy On

Stream On

Metascore

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

Critic Reviews

100

San Francisco Chronicle - Amy Biancolli

A compact British drama that does more with only three people and a few modest settings than most movies do with computerized bloat and a cast of hundreds. Read full review

The Hollywood Reporter - Frank Scheck

Taut, superbly executed and consistently engrossing, The Disappearance of Alice Creed marks an auspicious feature debut for writer-director J Blakeson. Read full review

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) - Stephen Cole

The best Brit noir since "Croupier" is a complex, marvellously twisty thriller. Read full review

The New York Times - Mike Hale

The Disappearance of Alice Creed will keep your attention, but you may walk away thinking you've seen something like it before: "Sleuth," with more sex and violence. Read full review

Christian Science Monitor - Peter Rainer

It wants to be a movie about the intersection between criminality and the class system but, for that, it could have used a bit more class. Read full review

NPR - Ian Buckwalter

A skilled cast is Blakeson's greatest asset in his attempt to elevate his material above its pulpy limitations. All three are better actors than this sort of movie might call for. Read full review

L.A. Weekly - Eric Hynes

Blakeson's feature-length calling card has storyboarded austerity and sadomasochistic promise but in the end lets the game play out in a familiar flurry of double-crossings, two-timings and false deaths, content to only fetishize itself. Read full review

SEE ALL 19 REVIEWS

Write a Review

User Reviews

123alexalex

Jul 27, 2013

brilliant so many twists really kept me wondering what was going to happen next right from the very first scene. Martin Compston is certainly an actor with a bright future.

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

iamanicon

May 27, 2011

One of the greatest movies ever made. Spectacular for a directional debut!

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

shepardn

Jan 17, 2011

every time you think you know how the story line is going they throw a new twist in their. this one is going in my library. one of the best movies i have seen this year!

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

nutterjr

Jan 26, 2011

Starts off quite well and with a lot of attention to detail, some clever twists in the story and Gemma Arterton naked. The ending feels disappointing since the build up was so well crafted.

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

sergioltf

Jan 29, 2011

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There are several flaws in the script, classical ones, like "Why do you HAVE to find the keys right next to the guy?" or why couldn't the guy hide the bullet until another moment, or even hide the bullet hole in the wall. Moreover, some attempts of the director in creating irony or agony fail - like the catharsis when spitting the bullet out and eating it again. The characters were poorly developed in general: the three of them are freaks, but you cannot care for anyone. Vic is too much of a perv with no smooth side seeable; the girl is spoiled and **** all the time, not losing her humanity in the captive position; and on the top of it, the actor that plays Danny was less expressive (and sleazy) than the character. Besides, wouldn't it be more interesting to make Danny a real weak character that could not even chose who should **** him for life, the guy or the girl? That would've been a great character, but the Danny presented did not show all that going on - it was more of a smartass trying to fool everyone and failing on it. It was a nice opening and at times I wanted to see the plan work, or go entirely wrong, even - the false trails that she would be dead (twice!) were just annoying - perhaps she could have been killed and the thriller would become one of those circumstantial ones. I liked the ending, although a bit predictable. It has a good setup, a nice scheme and interesting twists, but I was a bit frustrated.… Expand

0 of 2 users found this helpful02

MorriBey

Jun 7, 2011

Could have been so so good. It dotted all the i and t's but then it forgot the details. I was engrossed. Nice twists and turns. And then. Well. It defies logic how the situation evolves. Holes begin to evolve . It becomes somewhat illogical when for example the kidnappers with all theirCould have been so so good. It dotted all the i and t's but then it forgot the details. I was engrossed. Nice twists and turns. And then. Well. It defies logic how the situation evolves. Holes begin to evolve . It becomes somewhat illogical when for example the kidnappers with all their cunning seem to towards the end just leave their fingerprints all around having at the start taking such careful consideration. (there is one other major illogical scene which i will omit rather than spoil the movie) The movie should have taken its time and do-over some scenes to make it more plausible. Such a great effort but the minor details and illogical scenes cast a heavy shadow over what could have been a great movie.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

DirtyCash

Feb 13, 2011

2 guys kidnap a girl for a ransom and have her tied up to a bed while they make their demands clear to her apparently rich father. Of course things soon get out of hand and yada yada yada. 'The Disappearance of Alice Creed' is without a doubt one of the worst films you could have the2 guys kidnap a girl for a ransom and have her tied up to a bed while they make their demands clear to her apparently rich father. Of course things soon get out of hand and yada yada yada. 'The Disappearance of Alice Creed' is without a doubt one of the worst films you could have the misfortune of popping into you DVD player. Not only will you be confronted with some really terrible acting, the writing of this play is so incredibly amateurish, it just beggars belief. Half the time you are listening to two guys talking to each other explaining to the audience what it is they did, how it went down and what they will do next. And the asinine plot twists they randomly inserted have to be seen to be believed. It's almost if no one actually took the time and read the script but started to roll the camera as soon as the crew was assembled and had finished their coffee. Recommended only for a good toe curling.… Expand

0 of 1 users found this helpful01

SEE ALL 12 REVIEWS