Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Year
1974
Running time
113 min.
Country
United States
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Music
Cinematography
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Genre
Drama. Comedy. Romance | Road Movie
Synopsis
Thirty-five year old housewife and mother Alice Hyatt, along with her precocious eleven year old son Tommy, decides to move from their current home in Socorro, New Mexico to her home town of Monterrey, California, the only place she has ever felt happy. She plans on getting singing gigs along the way to earn money to get back to Monterrey by the end of the summer and the start of Tommy's school year. Alice's quest for a job at each stop leaves Tommy often to fend for himself, which may make Tommy even more precocious. His behavior is fostered by Alice, as their relationship is often more as trouble-making friends than mother and son. Alice's plans often do not end up as she envisions...
Awards
1974: Oscar: Actress (Burstyn). Nominated for Supp. actress (Ladd), Original script.
1974: 2 nominations for Golden Globe: Actress (Burstyn), Supp. actress (Ladd)
1974: BAFTA Awards: Film, Actress (Burstyn), Supporting actress (Ladd) & Writing. 7 Nominations
1975: New York Film Critics Circle: 2 Nominations, including Best Actress (Burstyn)
1974: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Original Drama Screenplay
1975: Cannes Film Festival: Nominated for Palme d'Or (Best Film)
Critics' reviews
- "Since women are usually such foreign creatures in Scorsese's work, he seemed an unlikely choice to direct Burstyn's feminist vehicle, but his aggressive style suits her uncompromising character."
- "[An] effective but uneven work, which chronicles a woman's search for self."
- "Not always successful, but packed with energy and a lively Oscar-winning performance by Burstyn."
- "Scorsese tries to balance tries to balance irony and lyricism, but it has no internal truth, it means nothing in terms of wht we know of Alice or what Scorsese feels about her."
- "Alice is thoroughly enjoyable: funny, absorbing, intelligent even when you don't believe in what's going on--when the issues it raises get all fouled up."
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