Alice in the Cities
| Release Date: October 8, 1974 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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91
The A.V. ClubMike D'Angelo
As a crash course in New German Cinema, this is tough to beat. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter Bradshaw
It is an intriguing movie that lives in the mind for hours after the lights have come up. Read full review
80
The New YorkerRichard Brody
With this film, Wenders crystallized his style of existential sentimentality. His cool eye for urbanism and design blends a love of kitsch with a hatred for commercialism, historicism with a fear of history’s ghosts. Read full review
80
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
There are points when the director allows his voice to ring a little loudly from behind the camera, but the richness and depth of both the photography and the characterisation manage to brush any signs of preachiness and sentimentality from view. Read full review
80
The Observer (UK)Philip French
Yella Rottlander is unforgettable as Alice. [06 Jan 2008, p.16]
75
Slant MagazineCarson Lund
What makes Alice in the Cities so noteworthy is the tender, lifelike rapport cultivated between Vogler and Rottländer. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
An ancestor of director Wenders's 1984 film Paris, Texas. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comPeter Sobczynski
There is a timelessness to its explorations that makes it as rich and resonant today as when it was first released. Read full review
60
EmpireAnna Hart
Hardly must-see Wenders, but for fans of his road movies, it remains a treat. Read full review
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