ALICE, DARLING

2023 • 89 minute

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Oscar® nominee Anna Kendrick is Alice in this taut thriller about a woman pushed to the breaking point by her psychologically abusive boyfriend, Simon. While on vacation with two close girlfriends, Alice rediscovers the essence of herself and gains some much-needed perspective. Slowly, she starts to fray the cords of codependency that bind her. But Simon's vengeance is as inevitable as it is shattering - and, once unleashed, it tests Alice's strength, her courage, and the bonds of her deep-rooted friendships.

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Viewers expecting a thriller may be disappointed, because there are no eye-catching events or reversals, and the most serious thing in the whole film has always been Alice's inner anxiety and pain. It's not that nothing happens, but most of the time, the movie is just a platter of petty and anguished close-ups of Anna. The film tells the story of a woman who loses herself and her boyfriend takes complete control of her in the relationship. This story, as a gossip at the dinner table, seems to la

Terrible, just terrible. Don't waste your time. I'd give it zero stars if I could and wife agrees.

The actor playing the controlling boyfriend absolutely nails it. I like the scene at the end with the splitting maul...