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Alice et Martin

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Alice et Martin (1998)

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Reviews Counted:39

Fresh:26

Rotten:13

Average Rating:6.3/10

Rated: R [See Full Rating] sexuality, language

Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: When ALICE ET MARTIN begins, Martin (Alexis Loret) is a young boy living a pleasant life with his hairdresser mother, when he learns that he is to go to live with his father, whom he hardly knows.... When ALICE ET MARTIN begins, Martin (Alexis Loret) is a young boy living a pleasant life with his hairdresser mother, when he learns that he is to go to live with his father, whom he hardly knows. Once in the care of his father--a cruel and cold man--Martin is extremely unhappy and attempts to fake illness in order to escape. When the film continues, it is ten years later and Martin is hurtling out the front door of his father's estate. Running recklessly into the French countryside, he spends the next several weeks living like an animal, feverish and hungry. Finally, he arrives at his brother Benjamin's doorstep, only to find Alice (Juliette Binoche), Benjamin's best friend and roommate practicing violin and annoyed at Martin's unannounced appearance. As Martin acclimates to Paris, he begins to fall in love with Alice, and once declared, their passion runs fast and wild, leaving Martin's brother and everyone else behind. While on a trip to Grenada, Alice reveals to Martin that she is pregnant and Martin falls sick with guilt and fear over elements of his past that he cannot reveal. As the two attempt to fight for their love, Martin faces his past and Alice realizes that her love for Martin is the most important thing in her life. [More]

Starring: Juliette Binoche, Alexis Loret, Mathieu Amalric, Carmen Maura

Starring: Juliette Binoche, Alexis Loret, Mathieu Amalric, Carmen Maura, Marthe Villalonga, Roschdy Zem, Pierre Maguelon

Director: André Téchiné

Director: André Téchiné
Screenwriter: André Téchiné, Gilles Taurand, Olivier Assayas
Producer: Alain Sarde
Composer: Philippe Sarde

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Alice et Martin has its faults, but there's some real meat here, in the performances and direction.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
08/08/01
Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor
Salon.com

I was disappointed to learn that the whole drama hinged on a single traumatic event, but in the meantime, I was happy to spend time with the people.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
05/24/01
Jaime N. Christley
Jaime N. Christley
Apollo Guide

A combination mystery and character study in which the more we learn, the less we care.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
01/30/01
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

A richly populated, observant film that suffers, forgivably, from an excess of curiosity about the world it depicts -- a surfeit of generosity, intelligence and art.

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01/01/00
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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The plot and the love story thicken from there with ever-increasing melodramatic effect.

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01/01/00
Bob Thompson
Bob Thompson
Jam! Movies

Oblique and random for the sake of being oblique and random... it gives you no reason to care until the film is half over

Full Review Source: AboutFilm.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Carlo Cavagna
Carlo Cavagna
AboutFilm.com

More than a coherent or even very interesting puzzle, the film is another occasion for you to work out your own relationship to Binoche, who remains, as ever, seductively distressed and distressingly seductive.

Full Review Source: Nitrate Online | comment Comment
01/01/00
Cynthia Fuchs
Cynthia Fuchs
Nitrate Online

Low key and curiously devoid of thematic density, this is confident, but rather soulless film-making.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
David Parkinson
David Parkinson
Empire Magazine

Téchiné, typically honest and generous, always allows the churning emotional undercurrents to take over.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
01/01/00
Dennis Lim
Dennis Lim
Village Voice
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The actors were all sweating their lines, which makes it seem as if they had to dig deep every time they said something.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
01/01/00
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Even a flawed Techine film merits our attention.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Edward Guthmann
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
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Slow, somber and emotionally opaque.

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01/01/00
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

Granada's Alhambra and engages the imagination particularly in one slow-motion shot that communicates the vastness of the sea and the insignificance of the human being when placed in contrast.

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01/01/00
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

When it comes to movies about dysfunctional family relationships and emotionally damaged individuals, few active filmmakers do a better job than veteran French director André Techiné.

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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There are simply too many characters, and there's far too much story to explore in two hours. Rather than keep things simple, though, Techine plows wildly through the material, leaving loose ends strewn about.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Despite some glorious passages, Alice and Martin is play-act passion.

Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
New York Magazine
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This awkward drama about romance, estrangement and what people are willing to do for love is such a structural mess that it's impossible to get lost in the strength of the performances.

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
01/01/00
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

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01/01/00
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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It's an engaging, if slow-paced, story of a woman who falls in love with a troubled man, but this romantic drama has one glaring flaw -- it never offers any plausible reason why the relationship should exist.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Rod Armstrong
Rod Armstrong
Reel.com

(Andre) Techine seems oddly disengaged from the drama... and the film ends abruptly, unexpectedly, on a pleasing but dramatically underwhelming note.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
01/01/00
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
 
 
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