Touching but never sentimental.
01/04/08 09:59 AM
Alice in the Cities
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Reviews Counted: 11 Fresh: 11 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 7.1/10
Rated: U
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Theatrical Release: 04-01-2008
Synopsis:
An unusual friendship blossoms between a German journalist on the road in the United States and a precocious nine-year-old girl abandoned by her mother. [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Rudiger Vogler, Yela Rottlander, Lisa Kruezer
Director: Wim Wenders
Reviews
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Hauntingly photographed by Robbie Müller, it's one of this hugely uneven filmmaker's crispest, finest moments.
01/04/08 09:28 AM
The fragmentary approach could never be called exhilarating, but it has a sly humour, and the mood is sustained by Vogler and Rottlander as the unlikely companions.
01/04/08 09:21 AM
A fine and perhaps unique example of that trickiest of genres, the road movie, and the sort of film that really does deserve the cliched response: they don't make them like that any more, because they really don't.
01/04/08 08:38 AM
Top Critic It is a shame the excruciatingly wooden adult actors were not as natural as Yella Rottländer who played nine-year-old Alice.
01/04/08 07:25 AM
Captivating performances from both Vogler and Rottlander whose on-screen chemistry provides the beating heart of Alice In The Cities.
01/04/08 04:16 AM
Top Critic Don't be put off by the black and white and subtitles, this is a family film with intelligence, energy and charm to spare.
01/04/08 04:10 AM
Hardly must-see Wenders, but for fans of his road movies, it remains a treat.
12/14/07 03:15 AM
Top Critic 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.
02/09/06 03:17 AM
Top Critic An important film for Wenders and New German Cinema, Alice In The Cities is compulsive viewing for any fan of the director. A freewheeling look at friendship, loneliness and life, the only thing black and white about it is the film stock.
05/24/03 08:10 AM
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