Alex of Venice
Screen Media Films | Release Date: April 17, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Village VoicePete Vonder HaarApr 14, 2015
Messina, making his directorial debut, keeps it simple. Alex undergoes a surprising amount of personal maturation in a week, but Winstead never lets the character bog down in excessive navel-gazing. Read full review
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The PlaylistRodrigo PerezFeb 23, 2015
Well-intentioned and intimate, Alex Of Venice has its heart in the right place; its pains and struggles might be small stakes and personal, but they’re very genuine, relatable and universal. There’s a lot to admire, which is why the movie’s uneven grasp of narrative fundamentals is so frustrating. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyApr 17, 2015
The movie’s quirky setting pays off dividends where you least expect them. At such moments, the movie’s humanism finally seems unforced, and everything is the better for that. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineChuck BowenApr 12, 2015
Chris Messina is eventually a little too indifferent to the machinations of the plot, but the film, however inescapably sentimental, is a romantic daydream that casts a lovely spell. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghApr 17, 2015
Although it's enjoyable, actor Chris Messina's directorial debut is somehow less than the sum of its parts, wading only through the shallow end of familiar human conflicts resolved too conveniently to satisfy. Read full review
60
VarietyRonnie ScheibApr 16, 2015
The pleasures of well-observed characters and small epiphanies are undeniable, and Alex of Venice, actor Chris Messina’s directing debut, is amply supplied with both, thanks to Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s extraordinary performance: Registering profound shocks with slight ripples rather than big emotions, she quietly commands attention. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeApr 16, 2015
As she flails through a few dubious choices, the character may be on the kind of self-discovery path we've seen in countless other films; but Winstead makes the outcome seem far from preordained. Read full review
50
The New York TimesManohla DargisApr 16, 2015
What’s missing here is the sting of revelation, something less comforting than the story’s melodramatic turns and more worthy of Ms. Winstead’s performance, which is as natural as life. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloApr 15, 2015
So doggedly ordinary that it constantly teeters on the edge of tedium. Read full review
50
The DissolveMatthew DessemApr 15, 2015
The film is ultimately shackled to an ultra-conventional structure and form—workaholic learns about the important things in life through the power of wanly scored montages—and a good central performance from Mary Elizabeth Winstead isn’t enough to save it. Read full review
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