Frankie and Alice (2010)

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• Manu G

  
  Turn back, look forward Good decent movie. The acting was really good actually but the story wasn't that interesting although it had a good ending in which it explained a lil the complicated story. The movie is based on true events. Halle Berry plays the role of young woman… More
  Turn back, look forward Good decent movie. The acting was really good actually but the story wasn't that interesting although it had a good ending in which it explained a lil the complicated story. The movie is based on true events. Halle Berry plays the role of young woman named Francine L. Murdoch (Frankie) with multiple personality disorder. The movie starts in Savannah, Georgia 1957, where a girl is shown in a car accident. The movie is forwarded to present Los Angeles, California 1978, where Frankie works in strip club. One night after an altercation Frankie lands up in Pearce psychiatric hospital where she is introduced to Dr. Joseph Oswald (Dr. Oz). Later Dr. Oz starts treating Frankie for multiple personality disorder and diagnoses her as having three personalities. 1) Francine L. Murdoch, Black Female Age 32, IQ 132 Right handed. 2) Alice, White female Age ?, IQ 102 Left handed. 3) Genius, Black Female Age 8-12, IQ 156 Right handed. The story then revolves with Dr. Oz and Frankie where he treats her for the multiple personality disorder. In due course of time he is able to discover the other two sub conscious personality and make Frankie realize her problem. And the movie ends with credit as below: Dr Oz treated Frankie until she was able to control her condition. He died in 2001. Frankie (with help from Genius) became a High School Teacher. She married a psychiatrist.

• Jeff T

  
  With I'm sure the best of intentions (and not a little hope for Oscar's roving eye), Halle Berry stars in (and produces) this big-screen Lifetime movie about a woman afflicted with a fractured personality who meets a kindly doctor who helps her Break Through To Find Herself.… More
  With I'm sure the best of intentions (and not a little hope for Oscar's roving eye), Halle Berry stars in (and produces) this big-screen Lifetime movie about a woman afflicted with a fractured personality who meets a kindly doctor who helps her Break Through To Find Herself. If any part of that sentece appeals to you, this flick might be for you. Berry is deeply sincere and throws herself into the proceedings full tilt, and there is pleasure to be derived from that I guess, but if you don't sense trouble in the opening credits when six (SIX) writers are credited on this one psychological drama, then maybe this one's for you. For me? Not so much.

• Glenn G

  
  Great performance by Halle Berry in a ho-hum film about a woman with multiple personalities. The film feels more SCRIBBLE than SYBIL as it's kind of patched together by about 100 writers in fairly broad strokes. Not bad, not boring, just fairly standard-issue mental illness… More
  Great performance by Halle Berry in a ho-hum film about a woman with multiple personalities. The film feels more SCRIBBLE than SYBIL as it's kind of patched together by about 100 writers in fairly broad strokes. Not bad, not boring, just fairly standard-issue mental illness fare here. The revelations aren't terribly surprising, and the main character's journey doesn't completely engage...but still, Berry digs deep and gives it everything she's got, which is considerable. I loved her, especially in her early scenes as a stripper, where her character is at her loosest. Phylicia Rashad and Chandra Wilson, as mother and sister respectively, don't have a lot to do, but they do it well. Stellan Skarsgard is warmer than usual and is a fine match for Berry here. Not much else to say. It's a "wow" within a "meh".

• Lee K

  
  Well i had heard little and nothing about this flick and only finding out about it after i saw that Halle Berry was nominated for a golden globe and reading the review and sypnosis to this hidden away little flick and found out it was a true life case of a woman with split… More
  Well i had heard little and nothing about this flick and only finding out about it after i saw that Halle Berry was nominated for a golden globe and reading the review and sypnosis to this hidden away little flick and found out it was a true life case of a woman with split personalitie disorder. Halle plays a stripper named Frankie whose little mood swings have all but frightened the crap out of her coworkers and boss. It turns out these mood swings are alot more serious and turn out to be s.p.d. Frankie has two others sharing her tired little body, one a frightened but smartas a whip 9yr old girl who her psychiatrist Dr. Oz (Stellan Skarsgard) names genius and an racist white woman named Alice. As the movie rolls along we find out that their is alot of history that inspired Frankie to take on these alter personas and can be triggered by something as simple as a song on the radio. An overall good film that lot of reviwers and critics have been calling a Sybil rip off ( I dont call it that but the mental illness is the same thats for sure) Berry's nomination for the golden globe failed and wasnt won as it went to Natalie Portman's performance in Black Swan (another acting job that was well deserved of the win) however she once again pulled off a solid job along with a stellar performance in this film.

• d j

  
  this movie is amazing....halle berry did a wonderful job!!!! wow