I Think We're Alone Now (2008)

71% of critics liked it
(7 reviews)
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This documentary feature by director Sean Donnelly follows the adventures of two obsessed fans, 50 year old Asperger's sufferer Jeff Turner, and 35-year-old intersex person Kelly McCormick who claim to be in love with 80's teen-pop heartthrob Tiffany. With both humor and with sometimes heartbreaking… More This documentary feature by director Sean Donnelly follows the adventures of two obsessed fans, 50 year old Asperger's sufferer Jeff Turner, and 35-year-old intersex person Kelly McCormick who claim to be in love with 80's teen-pop heartthrob Tiffany. With both humor and with sometimes heartbreaking sensitivity, Donnelly explores the lonely lives of these two people, classified by many as stalkers. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 10 min.
Directed By: Sean Donnelly
Genres: Documentary

On DVD: Sep 7, 2010

Critic Reviews

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Donnelly's film offers no insights, just a string of reality-TV moments.
Dennis Harvey, Variety
The outer frontier of celebrity culture, where fandom meets mental illness, is home to I Think We're Alone Now.
Phil Hall, Film Threat
This is not an easy film to endure, though it deserves commendation for its straightforward look at celebrity-fixated mental illness.
Karina Longworth, SpoutBlog
I Think We're Alone Now never artificially humanizes its characters, but it makes it a little easier to understand how a life almost totally devoid of affection or compassion could help treatable psychological issues mutate into unnavigable madness.
David Cornelius, eFilmCritic.com
How often do you get to see heartbreak and eeriness at the same time?
Mariko McDonald, Film Threat
A fascinating and often heartbreaking new documentary.
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...it does become increasingly difficult to stomach Donnelly's unrelentingly bleak modus operandi...

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Randy T

You have to feel for Tiffany, Her polite grace and accessibility has made her an easy target for the obsessive and delusional.
Nicki M

Interesting documentary about two people who are obsessed and in love with Tiffany. Jeff, who has actually been accused of stalking her, (and Alyssa Milano, though that's a different story) and Kelly, who is a transexual. Having grown up with Tiffany in the 80's, I was… More
Interesting documentary about two people who are obsessed and in love with Tiffany. Jeff, who has actually been accused of stalking her, (and Alyssa Milano, though that's a different story) and Kelly, who is a transexual. Having grown up with Tiffany in the 80's, I was interested to see this. However, she is not really in it as such, (only brief sections where she has been filmed meeting fans, or onstage - although interestingly, none of the footage includes her music, even the bits where she is singing, so I guess she did not give her permission for this). It winds up more sad than anything else. Both Jeff and Kelly obviously have mental issues, and though you feel scared for Tiffany, you also feel some pity for the two of them, who obviously are not getting the help they need. Jeff honestly believes Tiffany is his best friend, and Kelly has delusions that Tiffany will fall in love with her. I also feel very sad for Tiffany watching this and what her career has sunk down to! She actually did do a decent album back in 2000 in "Colour of Silence" - very different to her 80's teen pop and some actual meaning to the songs - yet she is still reduced to be defined by her debut 80's album and that ill advised Playboy appearance.
Eric B

"I Think We're Alone Now" is a sad documentary about two misfits whose lives' biggest ambition is to become cuddly soulmates with '80s teen-icon Tiffany. Genially nerdy Jeff Turner and his delusions of being best friends with her are creepy enough, but even he… More
"I Think We're Alone Now" is a sad documentary about two misfits whose lives' biggest ambition is to become cuddly soulmates with '80s teen-icon Tiffany. Genially nerdy Jeff Turner and his delusions of being best friends with her are creepy enough, but even he seems relatively stable when compared with neurotic, transitionally-gendered Kelly McCormick. The latter's weepy confessions can be gut-wrenchingly uncomfortable. Unfortunately, the film can't overcome its crucial missing feature: interview footage with Tiffany. She does appear onscreen a few times, but only in a happenstance, caught-by-the-paparazzi sort of way. She apparently didn't allow her music to be licensed either. Minus an articulate look at her feelings toward these two characters (she seems to have vaguely known Turner since the '80s), this documentary can't claim to adequately cover its subject matter.
William G

Doc on stalkers of Tiffany does precious little besides creep one out, although that it most certainly does.
Sarah P

Throughout the entire film, my mouth was hanging open in disbelief. It is really sad that there are people who go through their life like this. I didn't feel like the documentary had any worth or insight into the problems, it was kind of done in a "shock and awe" way.
Wu C

Tragic documentary on Tiffany 'fans'. Hard to watch, but hard to turn away.