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Alice

1990

Woody Allen

Mia Farrow, William Hurt, Alec Baldwin, Caroline Aaron ...

6.6

6,610

Comedy. Romance. Fantasy Married to a man who underestimates her, Alice lives an empty, comfortable life between exclusive boutiques, massage parlours and gossip at the hairdresser’s. She’d like to write and get more familiar with a man she met at her kids’ kindergarten, but is hindered by her conservative education. A Chinatown sorcerer will show her the way a mixture of magic herbs and their surprising effects.

	Author	Review
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"At its best the movie displays a vital playfulness. But at its worst -- and there's far too much of that -- [it] continues Allen's endless, banal quest for the Big Answers."	NEU
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"Woody Allen's marvelous new comedy (...) confirms Mr. Allen's safe arrival on a whole new plateau of film-making."	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"[It] is inventive and full of wry casting cameos (...) Yet it doesn’t have the devilish, rambunctious spirit that made Allen’s 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' a minor gem.	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"t's a strange, magical film, in which Allen uses the arts of the ancient Chinese healer as a shortcut to psychoanalysis (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"A scattering of fine one-liners , but one can't help wishing that Allen would investigate pastures new."	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Alice may be a minor work in the Allen canon, but when its grace notes manage to be heard above the whimsy, they ring true."	POS
United States	TV Guide	"The core messages of 'Alice' so uninspired that even Allen's skill at disguising the banal doesn't work here (...) The light tone and the supernatural elements serve to highlight the emptiness of the project (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"His pen is not as sharp nor his wit as keen as it has been, but he has become accessible to a broader audience in this whimsical entertainment."	POS

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