Alice

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Alice

PG-13,

1990,

1h 46m,

Romance/

Comedy/

Fantasy

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71%

28 Reviews

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57%

5,000+ Ratings

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71%

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28 Reviews

57%

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5,000+ Ratings

A well-to-do Manhattan housewife, Alice Tate (Mia Farrow), finds her affections shifting from her stockbroker husband (William Hurt) of 16 years to saxophone player Joe Ruffalo (Joe Mantegna), a veritable stranger. After realizing her feelings, Tate begins to experience back pains and visits a Chinatown herbalist, Dr. Yang (Keye Luke), for a cure. Perceptive to her dilemma, Yang provides a series of magical herbal remedies to provide Tate the insight she needs to solve her problem.

Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

May 12, 2001

Alice may be a minor work in the Allen canon, but when its grace notes manage to be heard above the whimsy, they ring true.

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

Jan 1, 2000

Continues Allen's endless, banal quest for the Big Answers.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 1, 2000

3/4

It's a strange, magical film.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Sep 18, 2021

2/4

Nobody can play the nebbish as well as Woody Allen, and that includes Mia Farrow -- unfortunately, Allen often saddled her with simpering variations on the same type of character.

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Ellie Lucas

From the Front Row

Jun 3, 2019

2/4

This is really the beginning of Allen's penchant for "playing the hits" rather than pushing himself and experimenting with style and form as he had in the 70s and 80s.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Apr 10, 2019

B-

It works nicely as a minor Allen comedy, but one that comes off as inauthentic.

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Albus P

Apr 28, 2019

Another musing of Woody Allen that is undermined by Farrow.

Draco S

Mar 26, 2017

Yet another exquisite character study by the greatest screenwriter to ever live.

Leia M

Mar 1, 2015

F-O 8.1 [Woody Allen]

Abraham S

Sep 2, 2012

Allen returns to his fantastic side, showing us a high class wife and her existencial issues. Mia Farrow plays an excellent role and has some fun parts. The music is good, and there's even that philosofical aproach Allen has sometimes. As a whole, I think it lacks emotion and a better character despiction besides Alice. Good movie, not memorable, not of his best.

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Synopsis

A well-to-do Manhattan housewife, Alice Tate (Mia Farrow), finds her affections shifting from her stockbroker husband (William Hurt) of 16 years to saxophone player Joe Ruffalo (Joe Mantegna), a veritable stranger. After realizing her feelings, Tate begins to experience back pains and visits a Chinatown herbalist, Dr. Yang (Keye Luke), for a cure. Perceptive to her dilemma, Yang provides a series of magical herbal remedies to provide Tate the insight she needs to solve her problem.

Director: Woody Allen
Producer: Robert Greenhut
Screenwriter: Woody Allen
Distributor: Orion Pictures, LK-TEL
Production Co: Orion Pictures
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 1990, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 2, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.8M
Runtime: 1h 46m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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