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Fed up with her small-town New England life in a dead-end job and an embarrassing mother, nineteen-year-old Alice (Emily Grace) takes off in her car and heads down to Florida. Not long into her escape, things go horribly wrong and her car eventually breaks down on the highway. Two Good Samaritans (Judith Ivey, Bill Raymond) seem to appear out of nowhere and offer to drive Alice the rest of the way. Bill and Sandra are two middle-aged retirees traveling the country in their RV. Sandra takes Alice in, as if she were her own daughter, and Alice happily accepts this surrogate family. But as the highway miles slowly pass, Alice begins noticing some strange things. She soon figures out that things aren't always what they seem to be.
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Rating: - You Should Find It Too
What Alice Found is Spartan, it breaks the craft of filmmaking down into its most basic elements and executes well on every one. There are no flaming helicopters to be found here, or big name stars, nowhere to hide. Instead of distractions you find a well-conceived script, excellent acting, and subtle moral choices that never invite cheap, easy answers.
The entire cast of the picture could, and does, fit into an RV - it's a three-person ensemble piece. Digital photography gives ... Read More
Rating:  - a small diamond
A beautiful, poignant movie that surprised me. Small, yes, but strangely moving and satisfying after starting out slow. Surprisingly good performances all around from people who don't look like they're professional actors, most of them.
Rating:  - You don't get Something for Nothing
I got this movie because Amazon recommended it based on some other movie that I watched. I am not sure what movie that was or how it tied to this one, but I guess that is besides the point. This movie is about a girl that is trying to get away from the town she grew up in like her girlfriend that left to go to college, but she doesn't have it so easy. She ended up stealing from her boss in order to have some money. Once she gets on the road in her beat up Escort, her car has problems and she ... Read More
Rating: - Engaging
"What Alice Found" is one of those flicks that just grabs at you when you're skimming channels for a movie to watch. It stars newcomer Emily Grace as Alice, a young girl fed up with her dull life in New England who decides to run off to Miami, FL to find herself and possibly get a degree in Marine Biology. Along the way, she has car trouble and is "helped" by Bill and Sandra, an older couple who seem to be as sweet as all get out. The duo, especially Sandra, becomes attached to Alice and they ... Read More
Rating: - Worthwhile small film
Judith Ivey's performance is outstanding in this well-written and nicely directed independent movie. Although this is a small-budget film, with all the drawbacks that implies, it's still very much worth seeing. The characters are engaging and complex, and you come to care deeply what will happen to them, especially Alice.
I'll look forward to seeing more from director Dean Bell, and will certainly watch for Judith Ivey in future roles. She should have won an Oscar for this performance.
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