Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
A movie for everyone who has ever dreamed of a second chance.
A movie for everyone who has ever dreamed of a second chance.
Drama, Romance
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1974
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After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make a new life for herself as a singer. Money problems force them to settle in Arizona instead, where Alice takes a job as waitress in a small diner.
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Details
Runtime:
112 min
Release date:
9 Dec 1974
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$1,800,000
Revenue:
$21,000,000
Awards:
Won 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 11 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
As a whole it's a distended bore.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
fresh:
Scorsese's warm and witty blending of the road movie with the conventions of the women's weepie is a delight.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
The movie's filled with brilliantly done individual scenes.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
23 Oct 2004
fresh:
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore is an American comedy of the sort of vitality that dazzles European film critics and we take for granted.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Not always successful, but packed with energy and a lively Oscar-winning performance by Burstyn.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000