What Alice Found (2003)

Director:

A. Dean Bell

Writer:

A. Dean Bell (writer)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

A poor young woman is recruited by a friendly couple traveling in an RV into becoming part of the dark world of truck stop prostitution.

Plot Keywords:

Prostitution | Male Full Frontal Nudity | Breasts | Female Frontal Nudity | Female Rear Nudity

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Judith Ivey	...	Sandra
Bill Raymond	...	Bill
Emily Grace	...	Alice
Jane Lincoln Taylor	...	Sally
Justin Parkinson	...	Sam
Tim Hayes	...	Danny
Lucas Papaelias	...	Alex
Katheryn Winnick	...	Julie
Tom Tumminello	...	Pete
John Knox	...	Trooper
David Rose	...	Rough Trucker
Rita Fredricks	...	Judge
Clint Jordan	...	Lot Trucker
Matthew Vose Campbell	...	Counter Clerk (as Matt Campbell)
Michael C. Maronna	...	Alice's Boyfriend (as Michael C. Maronna)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality, nudity and language.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Danbury, Connecticut, USA

Company:

Factory Films

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The New Hampshire Divers license that Alice has shows her date of birth to be "09/26/1992" and the issue date to be "09/26/2001". This would mean that Alice was only nine years old when the state issued her the license, and only about eleven when the movie was released.

Soundtrack:

On and On

This is an under-rated movie.

Six out of seven people who took the time to comment on this movie have very positive responses. The one negative review happens to reside (or did) on the first page of the movie's location in the IMDb.

I found "What Alice Found" to be one of the best movies almost no one's heard of that I have seen this year. It's 6.4 rating is misleading and may be more a function of the difficult subject matter than the quality of the movie. Who would think that a movie purportedly about truck stop prostitution would be worth seeing? Guess again.

For me, "Alice" was a positively gripping psychological thriller. I was virtually on the edge of my seat the entire time. It's a very credible story with a realistic script and is very well cast. In a fairer world, actress Judith Ivey would win awards for keeping you guessing whether she was good or evil.

Ignore the rating and see this terrific movie. (And by the way, I wish there was a soundtrack album.)