Alice's House
FiGa Films | Release Date: January 25, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
67
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Chico Teixeira’s languid, libidinous Alice’s House is the best argument against marriage and motherhood to appear in many a year. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
The gritty location shooting, the absence of a soundtrack and the casting of non-professionals in key roles help capture an all-important sense of place with almost documentary precision. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
The titular abode in the Brazilian drama Alice's House is crowded, and its inhabitants dysfunctional. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
The power of this plot comes from the drudgery of daily existence, not shocking revelations or dramatic encounters. Some stories, Teixeira is wise enough to realize, are best left unadorned. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid Wiegand
Teixeira elicits extraordinary performances from his entire cast. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Unlike Pedro Almódovar's "What Have I Done To Deserve This?," which focused on a similarly harried wife and mother who reached her breaking point, Alice's House does not leaven its heroine's plight with dark humor. Nor does it offer any easy escape route. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano
What Teixeira has set out to do, and accomplished brilliantly, is to find drama and pathos in the mundane details, thoughtless betrayals and casual cruelties. What lingers after watching Alice's House are not the moments of conflict but the inexorable rhythms of daily life. Read full review
70
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Even though it sounds awfully depressing, there's something moving about watching people go at their lives with everything they have -- or don't have. Read full review
50
VarietyDeborah Young
If telenovelas were convincingly real, they would no doubt look like the tumultuous world of domestic strife and libido deftly limned in Alice's House. Documaker Chico Teixeira gives a light, natural feel to his small but fetching first feature. Read full review
50
Village VoiceJulia Wallace
Alice's House is an utterly average foreign art-house film, with all the strengths and flaws that label implies. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterStephen Farber
Too undernourished dramatically to make much of a splash. While it should earn some respectful reviews, audiences won't come away satisfied. Read full review
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