What Alice Found

What Alice Found
Directed byA. Dean Bell
Written byA. Dean Bell
Produced byRichard Connors
StarringEmily Grace
Judith Ivey
Bill Raymond
Jane Lincoln Taylor
Justin Parkinson
CinematographyRichard Connors
Edited byChris Houghton
Production
company
What Alice Found Productions LLC
Distributed byCastle Hill Productions
Release date
  • 2003 (2003)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$66,988 (US)

What Alice Found is a 2003 American drama film directed by A. Dean Bell. It is A. Dean Bell's second feature film.

Plot

The film is a coming of age story about a young woman who flees her poor New Hampshire hometown life to follow her friend to college in Florida. Her car breaks down on the highway, and a middle-aged couple in an RV offer to take her to Florida. Alice then discovers that they pay for their nomadic lifestyle through prostitution at truck stops and is led into their world.

Cast

Release

The film was released in theaters in the United States in 2003. It made a total of $66,988 at the box office, with $6,720 being made its opening weekend. It was released on home video in the United States in 2004.

Reception

What Alice Found has a 68% critics' score on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. It was selected by The New York Times' Stephen Holden as a "Critic's Pick", and was praised by Kevin Thomas in the Los Angeles Times: "Sweet, suspenseful, funny, poignant -- and adult." Todd McCarthy of Variety describes the film as: "a solid character piece that deftly probes the complicity of both sides in a morally dubious relationship."

Honors and awards

References

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  10. ↑ Holden, Stephen (5 December 2003). "FILM REVIEW; when a Woman's Car Breaks Down, Good Samaritans May Not be What They Seem". The New York Times.
  11. ↑ "Mystery reflected in 'Alice'". Los Angeles Times. 2003-12-19. Retrieved 2026-04-30.
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