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Alice

2019

Josephine Mackerras

Emilie Piponnier, David Coburn, Etienne Guillou-Kervern, Chloé Boreham ...

5.7

359

Drama Alice, a happy and perfect wife and mother has her life turned upside down when she discovers her husband is living a secret life. She is left abandoned with a child and is ruined financially. Her fight back leads her into a world of discovery, not only about her husband but also about herself.

	Author	Review
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"More morally complex than it first appears (...) Its second act is less tidy"	NEU
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"Piponnier dominates every frame, with a mesmerizing screen presence that pushes the drama well beyond its formulaic premise and visible microbudget constraints"	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"'Alice' is over too soon, with an ending that feels rushed and unearned, avoiding virtually all the conflict that the movie’s premise promises"	NEU
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide Screendaily	"The combination of the magnetic presence of Emilie Piponnier in the title role, and a svelte, unadorned screenplay makes for a watchable drama with real arthouse breakout potential."	POS
United States	Devika Girish The New York Times	"[It] regards the choices of its heroine with respect and empathy, but its picture of sex work as an easy out feels like a simplistic fantasy."	NEU
United States	Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle	"It makes the absurdity of Alice's initial foray into the world of escorting plausible. Much of that comes down to Piponnier's depiction of Alice as a character of nuance (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Monica Castillo rogerebert.com	"Despite [its] bumps, Piponnier’s performance and Mackerras’s empathetic vision are still very rewarding (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[It] fails to sell its preposterous premise (...) This shallow story does not do its subject justice (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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