Good performances with moments in it, particularly with that strong first act...

| Aug 18, 2020

Piponnier is... a lanky joy to watch, all awkward, flailing limbs and expressive Bambi eyes.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 26, 2020

However, the story is fundamentally risible and strangely sanitised and it plays like a pretentious and po-faced version of Billie Piper's 온라인카지노추천 show Secret Diary of a Call Girl.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 24, 2020

Women can and do make a good living as escorts, without the tragic end that male moralists earnestly imagine for them. But this is contrived and the ending is borderline absurd.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 23, 2020

Piponnier is phenomenal, putting in a meticulously reserved performance in what could very well have been a melodramatic role.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 15, 2020

A thinly sketched tale of female empowerment, pushing an unconvincing sex-positive agenda in which prostitution is a reasonable, relatively worry-free shortcut to financial emancipation.

| May 15, 2020

Even an overly-optimistic denouement cannot undercut either that message, or the audience's desire for Alice to have a happy ending.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 14, 2020

"Alice" (rightfully) regards the choices of its heroine with respect and empathy. But its picture of sex work as an easy out, devoid of any real danger, feels like a simplistic fantasy.

| May 14, 2020

Movie premises don't come much more French than this... Regardless, this is a very cunningly handled first feature, maintaining a matter-of-fact, sometimes comic tone rather than venturing too far into erotic daydream.

| Aug 2, 2019

A truly remarkable exploration of identity, and the strength required to rebuild a life.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 24, 2019

The combination of the magnetic presence of Emilie Piponnier in the title role, and a svelte, unadorned screenplay makes for a watchable drama with real arthouse breakout potential.

| Jun 21, 2019

The writer-director's first feature has much going for it, above all a striking performance by Emilie Piponnier in the title role.

| Mar 16, 2019

It's rare to see a minor-key drama that doesn't overextend the nature of the material, and rarer still for cinema to dig this deep into the female psyche without boxing it in.

| Original Score: B+ | Mar 14, 2019