Frankie & Alice
Freestyle Releasing | Release Date: December 3, 2010 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
10
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
New York PostFarran Smith NehmeApr 2, 2014
Halle Berry’s latest vehicle is old-fashioned as a leisure suit, but better-looking and a lot more fun. Read full review
63
Rolling StonePeter TraversFeb 20, 2014
This movie, with its flashbacks to past sins and traumas, rests squarely on Berry, a mesmerizer who makes every moment count. Read full review
60
Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellyApr 1, 2014
It's occasionally imaginative, and, most importantly, never boring. Read full review
58
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerFeb 20, 2014
It’s not just Frankie who is putting on a show here. Berry is also overemphatically showing off her chops. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumFeb 20, 2014
It's just a matter of time, flashbacks, many costume and accent changes, some more jazz, and a triggering tune on the radio before the truth can set Frankie, and the audience, free. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyApr 4, 2014
Berry’s performance effectively turns a routine drama to a minor oddity, and Frankie & Alice’s complicated release history further adds to the curio factor. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandApr 4, 2014
Although it is based on a true story, the dramatization doesn't make much sense psychologically. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanApr 3, 2014
Berry’s performance, although less campy and histrionic than the trailer makes it look, is still outsize in proportion to the material, which feels slight and insubstantial despite its basis in a true story. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerApr 3, 2014
Ms. Berry does a decent job with the role, and the film treats its subject matter respectfully, but the overall package doesn’t rise above ordinariness. Read full review
50
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreApr 1, 2014
A soapy period piece that hits all the usual mileposts in filmed versions of such stories. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleApr 3, 2014
Berry's florid physicality has a certain silent-melodrama pull. The film around her, however, is lamentably by-the-numbers. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierApr 3, 2014
It’s all too much. Frankie & Alice has multiple problems it can’t get past. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperApr 3, 2014
A cringe-inducing mess. Read full review
30
The DissolveNathan RabinApr 3, 2014
Frankie & Alice gives her the rare opportunity to play a film’s hero and its villain inside the same body, and she does a memorably dreadful job in both capacities. That trainwreck fascination is about the only redeeming facet of a prestige picture gone terribly, though not entertainingly, awry. Read full review
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