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Poster for Alice

2022 | 100 min | Thriller, Drama

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With middling reviews (29% on Rotten Tomatoes) and a box office loss, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Point Blank, start here.
The mood
Tense.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 40 min.
What might put you off
Rated R: meant for adults.

Alice spends her days enslaved on a rural Georgia plantation, restlessly yearning for freedom. After a violent clash with plantation owner Paul, Alice flees through the neighboring woods and stumbles onto the unfamiliar sight of a highway, soon discovering the year is actually 1973.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsBelow par

    29% on Rotten Tomatoes, 47 on Metacritic

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsBelow par

    1 win and 5 nominations from smaller awards and festivals

  • Box office & staying powerBelow par

    $373K worldwide on a $20 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactSolid

    About 153K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Krystin Ver Linden

  • Keke PalmerAlice
  • CommonFrank
  • Jonny Lee MillerPaul
  • Gaius CharlesJoseph
  • Madelon CurtisMrs. Bennett
  • Kenneth FarmerMoses
  • Natasha Yvette WilliamsRuth
  • Jaxon GoldenbergDaniel
  • Craig StarkAaron
  • Alicia WittRachel