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A.k.a.
Alice in the Cities
Year
1974
Runtime
113 min.
Director
Wim Wenders
Genre
Drama
Rating *
8.0
Votes *
5,390
Checks
1,991
Favs
280
Dislikes
11
Favs/checks
14.1% (1:7)
Favs/dislikes
25:1
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  1. Siskoid's avatar

    Siskoid

    In Alice in the Cities, Wim Wenders gives an unlikely pair of companions in Philip, a journalist who's just driven though the United States and failed to find a story, and Alice, a young girl abandoned to his care by a woman he just met at the airport. Together, they meander through New York, Amsterdam and the whole of Germany, until Alice can be put into the hands of a proper guardian. Hauntingly scored, this is a quiet film about human contact and urban alienation, Philip's Polaroids empty of people until a crucial moment, when Alice becomes something other than a burden to him. The young actress is very strong, eliciting his annoyance and sympathy both, an effect she also has on the audience. Movies about men saddled with daughter stand-ins are usually very purposeful - it's an action movie trope - but this road movie is purposefully pointless. The characters don't really know what they're looking for, and so fail to find it, except in a roundabout way. A few minutes in, I was afraid I might get bored. By the end, I had totally fallen under its poignant spell. 4 years 11 months ago
  2. deckard.'s avatar

    deckard.

    brilliant. a movie close to perfection. considering i avoid movies with kid actors in the lead like bubonic plague, this movie floored me with its profound simplicity.

    that scene in the photo cabin was pure heart-melting stuff.
    1 year 9 months ago
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