Alexandra's Project (2003)
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53% of critics liked it
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50% of users liked it
(4,684 ratings)
Rolf de Heer's psychological thriller Alexandra's Project captures a turning point in a very unhappy marriage. Steve (Gary Sweet) and Alexandra (Helen Buday) have two children and numerous grievances against each other. After a birthday in which Steve received a birthday cake and a raise at… More Rolf de Heer's psychological thriller Alexandra's Project captures a turning point in a very unhappy marriage. Steve (Gary Sweet) and Alexandra (Helen Buday) have two children and numerous grievances against each other. After a birthday in which Steve received a birthday cake and a raise at his job, Steve arrives home to find his family is gone and a videotape awaiting his viewing. On the tape, Alexandra lists all of her frustrations and begins to strip for the camera. She then reveals that she suffers from breast cancer. Before the now emotionally reeling Steve can recover, he learns that Alexandra has paid to have the neighbor he hates change the locks in the house. Steve is trapped inside with little to do but think about what he has done to his wife, and his only company is the video that continues to provide disturbing information. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
- Directed By
- Rolf de Heer
- Written By
- Rolf de Heer
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
- In Theaters
- Dec 19, 2003 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
It's a contrived -- though carefully crafted -- bit of movie gamesmanship that sometimes seems like a claustrophobic stunt.
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Michael Booth, Denver Post
De Heer offers a wicked twist on household secrets and lies.
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John McMurtrie, San Francisco Chronicle
De Heer, who also wrote the script, would have us believe that a wife who's tired of her oblivious bloke of a husband could suddenly become conniving and cruel, coolly defending her actions with twisted logic that's sold as feminism.
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Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
It's a movie that will leave few men unrattled and many women vicariously satisfied.
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Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail
Buday is coolly persuasive in the seesaw role of an unbalanced housewife who jerks from despair to anger.
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Cast
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Gary Sweet
as Steve
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Helen Buday
as Alexandra
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Bogdan Koca
as Bill