Alice, Darling

2022
R
1h 29m

IMDb RATING

5.5/10

11K

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A young woman trapped in an abusive relationship becomes the unwitting participant in an intervention staged by her two closest friends.

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A young woman trapped in an abusive relationship becomes the unwitting participant in an intervention staged by her two closest friends.A young woman trapped in an abusive relationship becomes the unwitting participant in an intervention staged by her two closest friends.A young woman trapped in an abusive relationship becomes the unwitting participant in an intervention staged by her two closest friends.

Director
- Mary Nighy
Writers
- Alanna Francis
- Mark Van de Ven
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.5/10

11K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Mary Nighy
Writers
- Alanna Francis
- Mark Van de Ven
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations

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Alice, Darling: Go Away

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Trivia
Anna Kendrick (Alice) spoke to PEOPLE about the role and is quoted as saying: "I was coming out of a personal experience with emotional abuse and psychological abuse," she shares, recalling the time she first came across the screenplay. "I think my rep sent it to me, because he knew what I'd been dealing with and sent it along. Because he was like, 'This sort of speaks to everything that you've been talking to me about.' " She did not name the boyfriend, though she said it was "recent;" she had ended a public six-year relationship with cinematographer Ben Richardson in 2020 and a relationship of a year or two with Bill Hader in June 2022.

Goofs
There's a sex scene towards the end of the movie between Anna Kendrick's character and her partner. When they're on the floor he clearly has bare legs. Next second right after he stands up he has black trousers on.

Quotes
Alice: I know this sounds crazy, but sometimes it feels like he can read my mind and there's nowhere left that I can actually be alone.

Connections
Featured in On Cinema: Alice, Darling (2022)

Soundtracks
Klapp Klapp
Artist: Hari Dafusia (as Dafusia)
written by Periyagaram Sridhar Srihari
Courtesy of Sorelle Sound Ltd.

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5/10

Has something to offer but it's too slow and simple

I like the concept here of the vast difference between actual love and narcissistic control. Narcissistic personality disorder is when someone needs to control and manipulate other people to feel like they're human. They're basically lacking a soul and feed of others in a nutshell.

This film tries to portray this subtle abuse by showing mostly the abused victim and not the actual abuse so most of the film is the lead female being stuck in a relationship and it just doesn't do much else. She's with her friends and not in the actual abuse for most the screen time.

The ending is pretty good, but the slow first hour or so really drags. I would have like to have seen more of what created her abuse symptoms and also how she was before meeting her Narc boyfriend.

Overall the acting is good, but the plot is too slow for most audiences and didn't really progress. It also is dealing with very subtle things in a very subtle way as well so it misses the mark on being an effective drama or thriller and is more just a character study. 5/10.