Alice Adams

Alice Adams (1935)

  • 93% of critics liked it
    (15 reviews)

  • 69% of users liked it
    (2,259 ratings)

The misadventures of two social-climbing women in small town America.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 49 min.
Directed By
George Stevens
Written By
Dorothy Yost, Mortimer Offner, Jane Murfin
Genres
Drama, Romance, Classics
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1935 Wide
On DVD
Jan 7, 2003
Turner Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    That George Stevens' direction captures the wistfulness of Katharine Hepburn's superb histrionism, and yet has not sacrificed audience values at the altar of too much drabness and prosaic realism, is an achievement of no small order.

  • Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

    Stevens's talent for stepping away from the plotline and creating intimate, casual, and naturalistic moments is given plenty of opportunity here, as it would not be in his later superproductions.

  • Andre Sennwald, New York Times

    An oddly exciting blend of tenderness, comedy and realistic despair, it touches life intimately at many points during its account of a lonely girl in a typical American small town.

  • Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

    Stevens' deadpan-humane approach dilutes the acid of Booth Tarkington's social critique

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    The pathetic, social-climbing heroine of Booth Tarkington's novel was never better played than by Hepburn, who brought a fierce determination, clutching coyness, and tragic optimism to the part.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • AJ V


    A nice little slice of life drama of a poor girl who dreams her family is wealthy and important. Of course, the ending is predictable as most romantic movies are, but it's still an enjoyable drama.

  • jay n


    the definition of a gentle film

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