What Alice Found (2003)
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Alice (Emily Grace, in her first feature film role) has run away from her small town, New Hampshire home and hit the road, completely unprepared for the future. She has a wad of ill-gotten cash and a semblance of a plan. She's going to Florida, where she'll crash with a friend who goes to… More Alice (Emily Grace, in her first feature film role) has run away from her small town, New Hampshire home and hit the road, completely unprepared for the future. She has a wad of ill-gotten cash and a semblance of a plan. She's going to Florida, where she'll crash with a friend who goes to college there. Dolphins have always fascinated her, and eventually she hopes she'll somehow find a way to enroll herself in school and study marine biology. After an unpleasant encounter with a couple of lowlifes on the highway, she pulls into a rest stop. As she's getting ready to hit the road again, Sandra (Judith Ivey) approaches her, warning Alice that she and her husband, Bill (Bill Raymond) saw some guy messing with her car. Sure enough, one of Alice's tires has been punctured. Worried that someone may be planning to ambush Alice out on the roadside, Bill (who, Alice notices, carries a gun) and Sandra ask Alice to follow them in case her car breaks down before she can get it fixed. Sure enough, the old wreck of a car does break down. Sandra and Bill offer to take the wary Alice to a bus station. She hops into their RV, and soon finds herself hitting it off with the loquacious Sandra and her quiet husband. When they offer to save her a few bucks by driving her all the way to Florida, she hesitantly accepts. Soon, they're treating her to meals, and buying her new outfits. But she soon learns the unsavory truth about how Sandra and Bill pay for their freewheeling lifestyle. What Alice Found, written and directed by A. Dean Bell, was shown at the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival. ~ Josh Ralske, Rovi
- Directed By
- A. Dean Bell
- Written By
- A. Dean Bell
- Genres
- Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Dec 5, 2003 Wide
- Studio
- Castle Hill Productions
Critic Reviews
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Gary Dowell, Dallas Morning News
An almost constantly surprising coming-of-age film with a dark twist that manages to take the high road with what is well-exploited material.
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Todd McCarthy, Variety
A solid character piece that deftly probes the complicity of both sides in a morally dubious relationship.
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Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Ivey is fascinating, cooing nonstop in a cozy Southern accent, friendly and accepting, but also observant and oddly unknowable. It's a performance that even gets better on second viewing.
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Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Sweet, suspenseful, funny, poignant -- and adult.
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Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
The movie looks like TV from beginning to end, and accentuates the other major compromise of its meager budget.
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Cast
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Judith Ivey
as Sandra
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Bill Raymond
as Bill
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Emily Grace
as Alice
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Jane Lincoln Taylor
as Sally
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Justin Parkinson
as Sam
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Michael C. Maronna
as Alice's boyfriend
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Katheryn Winnick
as Julie
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David Rose
as Rough Trucker
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John Knox
as Trooper
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Tim Hayes
as Danny
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Lucas Papaelias
as Alex
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Clint Jordan
as Lot Trucker
