Frankie & Alice

R

Released Apr 4, 2014

1h 40m

Drama

List

24%

Tomatometer

34 Reviews

59%

Audience Score

10,000+ Ratings

A therapist (Stellan Skarsgard) treats a black stripper (Halle Berry) who has multiple personality disorder, including that of an imperious white racist.

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Critics Consensus

Halle Berry gives it her all (and then some), but Frankie & Alice is ultimately too narratively strained and clumsily assembled to do her performance justice.

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Cary Darling

Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

Frankie & Alice feels like a film that might have been groundbreaking 40 years ago but has cable-TV movie of the week written all over it in 2014.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 4, 2014

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David Hiltbrand

Philadelphia Inquirer

Berry has proven she's willing to take on enormous challenges, and she certainly exceeds her grasp here. Perhaps that's why Frankie & Alice plays more like an elaborate acting workshop than a movie.

Rated: 2/4

Apr 4, 2014

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Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post

While all this channel-switching and inevitable unearthing of psychic demons generates a great awards-season clip, it doesn't necessarily lead to a satisfying drama.

Rated: 2/4

Apr 3, 2014

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Carla Renata

The Curvy Film Critic

Frankie and Alice is a buffet of character study for Ms. Berry to sink her teeth into, which is exactly what she does with gusto and conviction

Jul 24, 2024

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John Wirt

Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

Modestly engaging, the film is more suited to cable TV and Netflix.

Rated: 2/4

Apr 19, 2014

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

... provides Berry with a diva showcase for plenty of over-the-top emotional outbursts and violent tantrums.

Apr 18, 2014

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Audience Member

Halle Berry stars as a troubled woman who finds herself blacking out and having no memory of how she got to wherever she woke up. She begins seeing a psychiatrist played by Stellan Skarsgard and finds she may be suffering from multiple personalities. This isn't a bad film. Skarsgard is good and Berry is usually better than she is in this one. Here it just comes off as overacting rather than something believable that keeps the viewer engaged.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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andre k

Halle Berry is a Great Actress!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

A hefty delivery that justified the story's subjective psychology with Berry's channeling performance, alongside Skarsgard's humane empathetic support of gentle approach, taking it to the fullest but anchored down by illogic shortcomings. (B)

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

Was it slow. Yes. Was it a little disjointed. Yes. Was it a great story worth getting to the end of. Yes.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Audience Member

Good to see Halle really acting again, after cashing checks on eleventy X-Men movies. However, she can't quite pull off the Beautiful Mind-Psycho-Split thing. Valiant effort, because schizophrenia is serious subject matter. I've seen much worse films.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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steve d

Berry has no idea how bad the film is. Unfortunately the great supporting cast is given nothing to do.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Synopsis

A therapist (Stellan Skarsgard) treats a black stripper (Halle Berry) who has multiple personality disorder, including that of an imperious white racist.

Director: Geoffrey Sax
Producer: Simon DeKaric, Vincent Cirrincione, Halle Berry, Hassain Zaidi, Shawn Williamson
Screenwriter: Cheryl Edwards, Marko King, Mary King, Jonathan Watters, Joe Shrapnel, Anna Waterhouse
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Access Motion Pictures
Rating: R (Language|Drug Use|Some Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 4, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 26, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $693.2K
Runtime: 1h 40m