Alice, Darling

Film review: Alice, Darling finds Anna Kendrick pushing the envelope. In the directing debut of Mary Nighy, the queen of quirk is in a much darker place than usual. Get the latest from Chris Knight ...

Also, a subplot about a search for a missing woman in the area around the cottage feels both narratively too on the nose, and a bit of padding that never quite pans out. Alice, Darling is a first feature from Mary (daughter of Bill) Nighy, and it’s confidently shot in a way that puts us close to its main character, and almost immediately fearful for her. And once her façade of normalcy tumbles, it’s a quick collapse, from telling her friends that “he wouldn’t love me if he knew how bad I am” to confiding: “I don’t want to go home.”

Anna Kendrick admitted her experience with coercive control helped her portray a victim in 'Alice, Darling,' about psychological abuse.

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Anna Kendrick plays a woman in a toxic relationship that comes to important revelations while on a weekend getaway in new film Alice, Darling.

“This sounds like very self indulgent, artistic nonsense, but it was terrifying to not have that kind of parachutes to rely on and trust that I could be still and that the truth of the moment will come across. You’re in a situation where you have to self-trust, and that it’s not as simple as just saying, ‘Yeah, I need to have self-trust.’ So it’s an incredibly small and intimate film, but we really wanted to try as much as we could to not make it black and white.” I did start to worry about that and I really just found that everybody on set was just so lovely, and made me laugh so much. The first day that I met Wunmi [Musaki], who plays one of the friends, she and I were talking about this exact balancing act,” she said. The role is a departure for Kendrick, who has often played peppy characters in films such as Pitch Perfect, Trolls and Twilight. So I guess my relationship is fine.’ I just never wanted there to be a moment where something so clear happens that you would invalidate your own experience if you were watching it,” Kendrick explained. So it was almost like, knowing that there was this life raft of these beautiful group of artists that had all responded to the material for the same reasons everybody that was involved, came to it. And that can be scary because sometimes there’s a temptation after weeks of shooting many scenes that feel confusing and restrained that you want to spoon-feed the audience something,” she said in an interview. It certainly makes victims of psychological abuse feel validated, showing that not all abuse looks alike and is violent. So it was just an amazing supportive group of people to have around me.” “I felt like there were points when Mary Nighy, our director, was being very supportive and very sweet. She recently shared that she too was involved in an emotionally abusive relationship with her ex-partner for six years.

In the directing debut of Mary Nighy, the queen of quirk is in a much darker place than usual.

Also, a subplot about a search for a missing woman in the area around the cottage feels both narratively too on the nose, and a bit of padding that never quite pans out. Alice, Darling is a first feature from Mary (daughter of Bill) Nighy, and it’s confidently shot in a way that puts us close to its main character, and almost immediately fearful for her. And once her façade of normalcy tumbles, it’s a quick collapse, from telling her friends that “he wouldn’t love me if he knew how bad I am” to confiding: “I don’t want to go home.”

Alice, Darling's lead character, Alice (Kendrick), is introduced to the audience as a particularly anxious person. She has two best friends, Tess (Kaniehtiio Horn) and Sophie (Wunmi Mosaku), but when she's spending time with them, Alice is constantly ...

In the directing debut of Mary Nighy, the queen of quirk is in a much darker place than usual.

Also, a subplot about a search for a missing woman in the area around the cottage feels both narratively too on the nose, and a bit of padding that never quite pans out. Alice, Darling is a first feature from Mary (daughter of Bill) Nighy, and it’s confidently shot in a way that puts us close to its main character, and almost immediately fearful for her. And once her façade of normalcy tumbles, it’s a quick collapse, from telling her friends that “he wouldn’t love me if he knew how bad I am” to confiding: “I don’t want to go home.”

Anna Kendrick stepped into her most impactful, chilling role to date as a woman in an abusive relationship in Alice, Darling.

Anna Kendricks stars in the suspense drama Alice, Darling, from Toronto-based production company Babe Nation.

And that’s been the reaction to the script with every woman who’s read it. “I feel like everybody’s been touched by this kind of insidious abuse, whether it’s happened to you or a friend of yours, you’ve seen someone in your life start to shrink and start to look suffocated, and you’re not sure what’s going on. More than anything, this film will act as a catalyst for important conversations about abusive relationships and the value of close friends. The chemistry between Anna Kendrick, Wunmi Mosaku, and Kaniehtiio Horn as three friends is a joy to see.” Slowly, she starts to fray the cords of codependency that bind her. The film tells the story of a woman pushed to the breaking point by her psychologically abusive boyfriend, Simon.

The Alice, Darling DVD release date is officially confirmed. Here's all you need to know you can pre-order and get it at home right away.

The Alice, Darling DVD release date is set for Tuesday, March 14, 2023. This is a great way to land the price guarantee, so you only pay the lowest price up to the release date. If you’re not ready to head to theaters to see it, there’s some good news so you can watch it at home. They want her out of the relationship, but Simon is willing to do everything he can to keep his prey. She even has to make up a reason for why she is heading away for a weekend when all she wants to do is hang out with her friends. If you haven’t been to the theaters to watch it yet, you need to.

Anna Kendrick stepped into her most impactful, chilling role to date as a woman in an abusive relationship in Alice, Darling.