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I fully sympathize with the struggle depicted in this movie. It's just not a good movie. Poorly-made in most aspects. Even worse, the concept is copied from another recent movie which is executed significantly better in every way. I can't say which movie because it would be a spoiler, but it came out in 2020 and it's awesome. (1 viewing, 6/14/2022)

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As we've seen many times, the morons who made the trailers ruined half the movie. You don't find out this takes place a century later until 40 minutes into the movie. It would have been a huge reveal. I don't understand how these trailer creators are allowed to continue to spoil major reveals.

When she escapes into the real world, her reactions and adjustment to the differences are not in the least bit believable. I'm not blaming the actress, I'm blaming the script.

This movie is filled with stupid parts and dumb character decisions. This is especially the case with the character played by Common. He thinks she has amnesia but doesn't question why she's asking if black people are free or about owners. Or if there are small people in the TV.

Then for some reason Alice is unable to explain something so basic, she lived her entire life on a plantation under the guise that slavery is still legal. He finally understands after the conversation she has with the owner's wife, but they don't even bother showing his reaction when he comes to that tragically shocking realization. And don't even get me started on the wife's logic to come talk to Alice and convince her they were being nice.

The last baffling reaction was when Alice finds out her husband is not actually dead. It's so underwhelming like the rest of this movie.

I saw Alice, starring Keke Palmer-Hustlers, Scream:The TV Series_tv; Common-John Wick:Chapter 2, Wanted; Jonny Lee Miller-Elementary_tv, Dracula 2000 and Alicia Witt-Orange is the New Black_tv, A Madea Christmas.

This movie reminded me of the old Black Exploitation movies of the 70's that I loved. It even has some scenes of Pam Grier in action from one of her famous films, Coffy. Believe it or not, it also states at the beginning of the movie that this movie is inspired by true events. It opens with Keke as a slave on a Georgia plantation-along with about 10 or 15 others-that is run by Jonny. Alicia plays Jonny's wife. After the usual beatings and torture that Keke endures-as is customary on plantations like this one-she escapes into the woods and comes upon a paved highway, discovering that she is really in 1973. Common is the truck driver that rescues her and tries to get her help, believing-like most people would-that Keke has amnesia or is just plain crazy. After Keke gets a fast education as to how things have changed, she wants to go back and rescue the rest of her friends and family. And, by the way, also get retribution from Jonny-that's where the Black Exploitation part really kicks in, although it could have ended a little better. Maybe, I just remember the older movies as being better. There is also a few recognizable songs from that time period-1973-that you should remember.

It's rated R for violence and language and has a running time of 1 hour & 40 minutes.

I enjoyed it but I'm not sure if I would buy it on DVD-it was a little slow and the ending could have been better. If you are a fan of the Black Exploitation films, it would be a good rental.

Alice (Keke Palmer)is a slave on a plantation in Georgia. After an altercation with the master, she manages to run away and suddenly we discover the film is a rip off of "The Village" who had "Alice" as its main character too.

The production seemed to suffer from direction and message. Getting direction from Pam Grier movies leaves much to be desired.

Guide: No swearing, sex, or nudity.

Not reading other reviews because I am sure they are harder on this movie than it needs to be, but I will be as real as possible. The storyline was actually very good. Reminding me a little of the movie Antebellum and how there are these cruel white people who are still living hundreds of years in the past to keep their black slaves from knowing they are actually free. So here is what I didn't like about the movie and could've done such a better job at. One, I wished Alice would have gone through a couple of more things right before deciding to go confront Paul. Two, Commons character needed more depth and he should have got the help from his black panther brothers , etc to help free the others. Third, where did the husband who was supposed to be dead come from?

What I did like was Keke Palners acting, she has always been great with expression. I liked the history lessons we got in the movie. I also liked that it was in the 70s during a time where black people were fighting for civil rights. It showed the audience how black people had been fightingbfor freedom since the beginning. As a writer, there are quite a few things I would've changed or added to spruce it up. Movies like these need more depth, especially when it comes to liberating stories. But overall with the right changes it could have easily been am 8 star movie!

I want to like this film because I read the story of Mae Louise Walls but I think I would have liked it to be more true to life than a woman who goes Pam Grier after reading some books. Alice went quick fast from not knowing what a car is to using public transportation, to running aound a library to being Shack. Shut your mouth. It was kind of unrealistic. I would imagine that Mae Louise had a terrible time adapting and didn't want to grab a gun first thing. I do however believe that the police in Mississippi in the 1960s would not have helped get people off of a plantation. I read that the Federal Government had to do itm i suspect the police were involved. It makes me wonder if there are actually people still trapped in 2022 in slavery with no idea it ended. I wouldn't doubt it. There are very large plots of land where it could be possible. Kind of scary to think about it. Even beyond modern sex slavery. I recently watched a movie where a man who was a slave was beaten beyond recognition and burned alive right on camera. It was the first time it wasnt implied. We watched him melt and burn, camera never turned. My eyes were glued while I cried tears of fear and anger. It was just so terrifying to see it from the perspective of an actual slave. Having your life completely controlled by others. I think it was the first time in my adult life I realized just what that meant. People burned you alive and you and no one around you could fo a thing. It went so far beyond Roots snd outdid Dejango's vibe. I get that this movie was supposed to connect the 1800 to how we were in the 1970s intellectually but it's just not quite how I would have done it. It's more for entertainment? Nothing about slavery entertains me. Maybe it was for enrichment? Knowledge? I really just don't know exactly what I'm supposed to get from this movie. I would have to hear discussions on it to get more of a grasp. I watched it twice to think about it but was still a little turned off by how quickly Alice adapted to the world on just a few days. I do however give the writer credit. She had an idea in her head and she ran with it. Creative writing is something I've always enjoyed and her idea was good enough to make it on screen. It was definitely a creative concept. For that she gets props. The second half needed a lot more depth for me rather than some library books and Dirty Harry tactics. I guess that would have made the movie too long.