Female Film Critics 24/375
Alice, Darling is a frank examination of the common but hard to tackle phenomenon of abuse, In Mary Nighy’s debut feature. Anna Kendrick brilliantly portrays a woman who is being drowned by her boyfriend’s coercive control. The film may be imperfect in places, but it is important and gives voice to a group of near silent victims and places emphasis on how essential it is for those who suffer to have a support network.
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Anna Kendrick’s mesmerizing performance as the victim of emotional abuse in Alice, Darling is the stuff of Oscars. In a role unlike any she’s portrayed before, she brings an unexpected fragility to the title character – a young woman terrified of her artist boyfriend. Movies about abuse are often violent and loud but Alice, Darling is quietly horrifying as Alice’s terror is revealed through her compulsions. It is impossible not to feel her fear and pain as she obsessively counts calories and literally pulls out her hair, winding it tightly around her fingers.
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