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What Alice Found (2003)

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Reviews Counted:38

Fresh:26

Rotten:12

Average Rating:6.3/10

Consensus: A modest, nicely acted road movie.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong sexuality, nudity and language

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Dec 5, 2003 Limited

Synopsis: Fed up with her life in New Hampshire, 18-year-old Alice (Emily Grace) gets in her car and heads for Florida to pursue her dreams of being a marine biologist and join a friend who is in college... Fed up with her life in New Hampshire, 18-year-old Alice (Emily Grace) gets in her car and heads for Florida to pursue her dreams of being a marine biologist and join a friend who is in college there. But she gets sidetracked after stopping at a rest stop where, according to middle-aged Good Samaritans Sandra (Judith Ivey) and Bill (Bill Raymond), someone apparently punctured her tire. Bill changes the tire for her, and the couple offers to let her follow them on the road to prevent further danger--but after her engine burns out completely several miles later, she has no choice but to hitch a southbound ride with her newfound guardians. Their unusual kindness becomes increasingly suspect, though, when she discovers that Sandra is a truck stop prostitute and Bill is her pimp. Once her initial shock dissipates, though, shy Alice learns that by following Sandra's lead, she can make as much money in a few minutes as she's used to making in a week. With a grainy, digital-video look, A. Dean Bell's frank and surprising road movie is likely to win over all but the least adventurous or most jaded viewer. Ivey is superb and Grace--in a fine debut performance--expertly embodies wide-eyed naiveté. A well-chosen soundtrack enhances the visuals. [More]

Starring: Emily Grace, Judith Ivey, Bill Raymond, Michael C. Maronna

Starring: Emily Grace, Judith Ivey, Bill Raymond, Michael C. Maronna, Justin Parkinson

Director: A. Dean Bell

Director: A. Dean Bell
Screenwriter: A. Dean Bell
Producer: Richard Connors
Composer: DJ Wally
Studio: Castle Hill Productions

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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Film Threat

This deep journey is worth experiencing.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
12/05/03
E! Online

Sandra, Bill and Alice emerge not as a newfound family exactly, nor as villains and victims, but as three ever-vulnerable human beings doing the best they can to survive.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
12/04/03
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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A modest but pungent slice of interstate life.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
12/19/03
Bob Strauss
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

A fine merging of means, material and ego -- a nicely acted, simple little road movie vacuumed free of any indie scene smugness or self-satisfaction.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Today | comment Comment
01/09/04
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Entertainment Today

Candidly unsentimental yet utterly human.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
04/09/04
David Elliott
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune

The screenplay by director Bell is packed with surprises, and the acting is excellent.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
12/04/03
David Sterritt
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor

There's something fresh and honest here.

Full Review Source: Nitrate Online | comment Comment
01/01/04
Elias Savada
Elias Savada
Nitrate Online

Features a compelling performance by Judith Ivey.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
09/24/03
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter

An almost constantly surprising coming-of-age film with a dark twist that manages to take the high road with what is well-exploited material.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
05/20/04
Gary Dowell
Gary Dowell
Dallas Morning News
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It so deftly tweaks your presumptions at every turn that you feel, by the end, that you've traveled somewhere -- and not just along several southbound interstates.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
12/04/03
Gene Seymour
Gene Seymour
Newsday
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A fine debut performance from Emily Grace in a new spin on the road-and-buddy genre.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
11/04/03
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

a lesson on how a life-changing story arc makes a character-based drama work so well

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
12/05/03
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
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Full Review Source: Cinema Signals | comment Comment
12/08/03
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

Sweet, suspenseful, funny, poignant -- and adult.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
12/19/03
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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Assisted by the harsh immediacy of digital video, writer-director A. Dean Bell puts forth his material with utter objectivity.

Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
04/22/04
Laura Kelly
Laura Kelly
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

What Boogie Nights did for porn stars, What Alice Found does for truck-stop hookers

Full Review Source: New Times | comment Comment
12/17/03
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

Newcomer Grace seems born to the part of an unformed young woman whose character cries out to be shaped, but it's Ivey's unobtrusive skill that shapes their onscreen relationship into something thoroughly convincing.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
12/04/03
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A rough-hewn, modest little road movie of sorts, elevated by a trio of compelling performances and a desire to take the narrative road less traveled.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
12/05/03
Megan Lehmann
Megan Lehmann
New York Post

[A] refreshing road movie.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
09/24/03
Merle Bertrand
Merle Bertrand
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