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Alexandra's Project (2005)

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Reviews Counted:18

Fresh:9

Rotten:9

Average Rating:5.4/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Steve (Gary Sweet) is a middle-management office worker happily going through the motions of family life as husband to wife Alexandra (Helen Buday) and father to their two children. On his... Steve (Gary Sweet) is a middle-management office worker happily going through the motions of family life as husband to wife Alexandra (Helen Buday) and father to their two children. On his birthday, he receives a much sought after promotion. With good news to share at home, Steve leaves work and heads home, in anticipation of a surprise party he suspects Alexandra has organized. But when he returns home, all is quite in their suburban townhouse. After searching the darkened house for party guests Steve finds nothing except a video tape labeled “Play Me.” It is a recording made by Alexandra and their children wishing him a happy birthday. Once the children leave the screen, Alexandra begins to give Steve the most surprising present of all…an alluring striptease. He thinks all his birthdays have come at once…until, on the video, he sees a gun pointed at Alexandra's head. In a panic, he races for the phone but discovers there's no connection. He tries to leave the townhouse only to find that his keys no longer fit the locks and the security shutters on the windows are locked tight. Remembering his mobile phone, Steve finds that his battery has been replaces by a bullet. Alone, frightened and imprisoned in his own house, Steve has no choice but to watch the rest of the video tape. -- © Film Movement [More]

Starring: Gary Sweet, Helen Buday, Bogdan Koca

Starring: Gary Sweet, Helen Buday, Bogdan Koca

Director: Rolf De Heer

Director: Rolf De Heer
Screenwriter: Rolf De Heer
Producer: Julie Ryan, Domenico Procacci
Composer: Graham Tardif

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Apr 5, 2005

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Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
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Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
09/26/05
AV Club

Even though the performances are terrific and the claustrophobic atmospherics effective, the film elicits more anger than praise.

Full Review Source: Sympatico.ca | comment Comment
06/07/04
Angela Baldassarre
Angela Baldassarre
Sympatico.ca

One of the year's true surprise packages..will have you gasping for breath right up until the very last cinematic shock

Full Review Source: Moviehole | comment Comment
05/02/03
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
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Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
09/19/08
David Stratton
David Stratton
Variety

I Spit on Your Grave gets to the nitty gritty. The equally problematic Alexandra’s Project is simply glib.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
11/10/04
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

It’s the tension and performances that pull you through, never letting your attention stray from what’s going down on-screen.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
01/15/05
Eric Campos
Eric Campos
Film Threat

It's a movie that will leave few men unrattled and many women vicariously satisfied.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
05/28/04
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
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Manipulateur et de mauvaise foi.

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08/20/08
Jean-François Vandeuren
Jean-François Vandeuren
Panorama

confidently shot and scripted in clipped, emotionally direct dialogue that’s thankfully not resorting to Harold Pinter, David Mamet, or Neil LaBute

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
01/06/05
Jeremiah Kipp
Jeremiah Kipp
Filmcritic.com

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Full Review Source: MovieMartyr.com | comment Comment
02/13/05
Jeremy Heilman
Jeremy Heilman
MovieMartyr.com

nihilistic film covers familiar territory in a fresh new way that is extremely memorable

Full Review Source: Old School Reviews | comment Comment
02/25/05
John A. Nesbit
John A. Nesbit
Old School Reviews

De Heer, who also wrote the script, would have us believe that a wife who's tired of her oblivious bloke of a husband could suddenly become conniving and cruel, coolly defending her actions with twisted logic that's sold as feminism.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
01/14/05
John McMurtrie
John McMurtrie
San Francisco Chronicle
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This low-budget Australian film is pitched as a psycho-sexual thriller but it's not thrilling at all: it's just cold, hateful and cheap.

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10/01/03
Kim Linekin
Kim Linekin
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That damn videotape takes the edge off the mood both visually and dramatically.

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04/22/03
Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
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It's really the feel-bad movie of the week. In a genius sort of way.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
05/29/04
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

De Heer offers a wicked twist on household secrets and lies.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
01/28/05
Michael Booth
Michael Booth
Denver Post

It's a contrived -- though carefully crafted -- bit of movie gamesmanship that sometimes seems like a claustrophobic stunt.

Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
01/28/05
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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An edgy little Aussie thriller that will have husbands shaking in their shoes, Alexandra's Project is a film like no other.

Full Review Source: Sunday Times (Australia) | comment Comment
05/09/03
Shannon J. Harvey
Shannon J. Harvey
Sunday Times (Australia)

Buday is coolly persuasive in the seesaw role of an unbalanced housewife who jerks from despair to anger.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
05/28/04
Stephen Cole
Stephen Cole
Globe and Mail
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