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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Romance · Drama · 1974

After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make a new life for herself as a singer. Money problems force them to settle in Arizona instead, where Alice takes a job as waitress in a small diner.

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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

“A movie for everyone who has ever dreamed of a second chance.”

1974 Romance · Drama 1h 52m

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7.0 / 10

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After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make a new life for herself as a singer. Money problems force them to settle in Arizona instead, where Alice takes a job as waitress in a small diner.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Martin Scorsese

Written by

Robert Getchell

Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn

Alice Hyatt

Alfred Lutter

Alfred Lutter

Tommy

Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson

David

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

Ben Eberhardt

Diane Ladd

Diane Ladd

Flo

Lelia Goldoni

Lelia Goldoni

Bea

Billy Green Bush

Billy Green Bush

Donald Hyatt

Court is in session

Put Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.