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About Alex pointedly provokes comparisons to The Big Chill, but the script doesn't have enough substance to support them -- or give its talented cast enough to work with.
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Neither the script's up-to-the-minute signifiers nor its cheekily self-aware humor can entirely dispel a formulaic feel. Aug 10, 2014 | Full Review…
Neither the script's up-to-the-minute signifiers nor its cheekily self-aware humor can entirely dispel a formulaic feel.
Justin Chang
The intelligence and unhackneyed humor of the believable, unself-conscious screenplay by fledgling director Mr. Zwick (son of veteran director Edward Zwick) deserves special praise. It never hits a false note. Aug 8, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The intelligence and unhackneyed humor of the believable, unself-conscious screenplay by fledgling director Mr. Zwick (son of veteran director Edward Zwick) deserves special praise. It never hits a false note.
Rex Reed
I was pleasantly surprised by much of "About Alex," a film that features a stronger-than-average ensemble for this subgenre even if it too often succumbs to predictable, traditional turns of Screenwriting 101. Aug 8, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
I was pleasantly surprised by much of "About Alex," a film that features a stronger-than-average ensemble for this subgenre even if it too often succumbs to predictable, traditional turns of Screenwriting 101.
Brian Tallerico
The chronicle of a less self-absorbed generation, it's less annoying than The Big Chill but also less funny. Aug 8, 2014 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
The chronicle of a less self-absorbed generation, it's less annoying than The Big Chill but also less funny.
Kate Taylor
Only Plaza's performance as the troubled Sarah comes close to creating a three-dimensional character. Aug 7, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/4
Only Plaza's performance as the troubled Sarah comes close to creating a three-dimensional character.
John Hartl
The insight that social media fosters false intimacy is old news. The film shows only a half-formed sense of how careers have changed in 30 years. Aug 7, 2014 | Full Review…
The insight that social media fosters false intimacy is old news. The film shows only a half-formed sense of how careers have changed in 30 years.
Ben Kenigsberg
Though it may be reminiscent of too many greater or similar films, About Alex at least does what it does well, and there's enough passion in the proceedings to reel you in to the final frames. Aug 30, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
Though it may be reminiscent of too many greater or similar films, About Alex at least does what it does well, and there's enough passion in the proceedings to reel you in to the final frames.
Nicholas Bell
Most of the characters are superficial and underdeveloped, while the film itself is filled with predictable scenarios. Strong performances by the cast elevate the material, but it's simply not enough. Aug 17, 2016 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…
Most of the characters are superficial and underdeveloped, while the film itself is filled with predictable scenarios. Strong performances by the cast elevate the material, but it's simply not enough.
Neil Rosen
Perhaps we can view this in 30 years as a lightweight text mirroring some of Occupy Wall Street, and perhaps the rise of Elizabeth Warren, although I'm quite sure it will be forgotten about well before then. Mar 26, 2016 | Rating: C | Full Review…
Perhaps we can view this in 30 years as a lightweight text mirroring some of Occupy Wall Street, and perhaps the rise of Elizabeth Warren, although I'm quite sure it will be forgotten about well before then.
John Fink
Nice to meet you, Truthteller. Meet your fellow stereotypes... Jul 14, 2015 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
Nice to meet you, Truthteller. Meet your fellow stereotypes...
Rob Gonsalves
A riff on the 1983 classic The Big Chill, this ensemble drama's reunion of old friends differs because Alex's suicide fails this time. Sep 15, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
A riff on the 1983 classic The Big Chill, this ensemble drama's reunion of old friends differs because Alex's suicide fails this time.
Rich Cline
Ultimately, the portrayals in About Alex are all caricatures that don't really ring true. Aug 14, 2014 | Rating: 4.9/10 | Full Review…
Ultimately, the portrayals in About Alex are all caricatures that don't really ring true.
Jonah Flicker
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