Ribas has justifiably won a shelf of awards for her portrayal.
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02/07/08
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Alice's House (2007)
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Reviews Counted:30
Fresh:27
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: Chico Teixeira's steady hand and unblinking, sympathetic eye -- along with Carla Ribas' breathtaking performance -- make this portrait of working-class Brazilian life extraordinary.
Theatrical Release:Jan 25, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: Brazilian documentary filmmaker Chico Teixeira brings a refreshingly natural touch to ALICE'S HOUSE, a working class drama about personal and family betrayal. Forty-ish manicurist Alice (Carla... [More]
Starring: Carla Ribas, Vinicius Zinn, Ricardo Vilaça, Felipe Massuia
Director: Chico Teixeira
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Reviews for Alice's House
Teixeira brings his camera into her home and quietly records the details of her daily life. The result is a carefully observed film about one woman's growing dissatisfaction.
03/05/08
In her first leading role, Carla Ribas joins the fast-growing ranks of middle-aged Latina actresses whose performances resonate with a beguiling mixture of emotional complexity and sexual maturity.
02/22/08
Free of the usual social pathology, intimate dysfunction proves more than capable of holding our interest, as it would anywhere.
01/25/08
What lingers after watching Alice's House are not the moments of conflict but the inexorable rhythms of daily life.
01/25/08
Top Critic[Director Chico] Texeira's ordinary characters have a quiet genuineness and clarity that is rare anywhere in movies these days.
02/25/08
Teixeira elicits extraordinary performances from his entire cast.
01/25/08
Documaker Chico Teixeira gives a light, natural feel to his small but fetching first feature, set in a working class household in Sao Paulo that gets turned upside down by everyday dramas of sexual and emotional betrayal.
01/24/08
Even though it sounds awfully depressing, there's something moving about watching people go at their lives with everything they have -- or don't have.
04/10/08
Top CriticSome stories, Teixeira is wise enough to realize, are best left unadorned.
01/25/08
A Brazilian slice-of-life drama set in a working-class household where a disappointed woman undergoes a midlife meltdown.
01/24/08
Chico Teixeira's languid, libidinous Alice's House is the best argument against marriage and motherhood to appear in many a year.
01/25/08
Top CriticIn a remarkably assured, no-frills feature debut, Brazilian documentarian Chico Teixeira draws a vivid portrait of marital and familial dysfunction.
02/22/08
Although the characters are steeped in the culture of telenovelas and voodoo superstition, Alice's House is a subtly flavorful slice of life rather than a steamy potboiler.
02/25/08
The juiciest bits happen off camera, yet their consequences are riveting, thanks in no small measure to sympathetic performances by Carla Ribas and Berta Zemel.
02/06/08
The gritty location shooting, the absence of a soundtrack and the casting of non-professionals in key roles help capture an all-important sense of place with almost documentary precision.
01/25/08
Very well-acted, especially by (Carla) Ribas, this is a tense drama of friendship, family and deceit that explores a wide spectrum of raw emotions.
04/07/08
Alice's House is character driven, and the performances are key.
07/11/08
The capable cast, director’s documentarian past and ambient soundtrack heighten the film’s real-life sensibility, perfectly capturing the working-class life of a São Paulo family.
02/25/08
Builds a quiet portrait of a family step-by-step imploding. Such a sympathetic depiction of working-class families are rarely seen on screen from any country.
12/23/08
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