24.3.23
Alice, Darling deals with the fact that a relationship doesn’t need to be physical or aggressive to be abusive. It doesn’t contain any surprises or say anything groundbreaking about domestic violence in our current society, but its performers give it what for. It’s also neatly edited and therefore effective as an 80-minute movie, which goes a long way these days.
I didn’t care much for the side quest plot about the missing girl in the woods, and I felt more interested in plot holes rather than meaning at the end of the film, but it’s engrossing while it’s on and like ‘Women Talking’ does make you reflect on how power and control can corrupt intimacy. Anna Kendrick is pretty good in it, but Wunmi Mosaku is excellent (His House, Loki), so I’d happily single out her performance as the standout feature.