78
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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloThe A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloAs a crash course in New German Cinema, this is tough to beat.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIt is an intriguing movie that lives in the mind for hours after the lights have come up.
- 80The New YorkerRichard BrodyThe New YorkerRichard BrodyWith this film, Wenders crystallized his style of existential sentimentality. His cool eye for urbanism and design blends a love of kitsch with a hatred for commercialism, historicism with a fear of history’s ghosts.
- 80Time OutTime OutThere are points when the director allows his voice to ring a little loudly from behind the camera, but the richness and depth of both the photography and the characterisation manage to brush any signs of preachiness and sentimentality from view.
- 80The Observer (UK)The Observer (UK)Yella Rottlander is unforgettable as Alice. [06 Jan 2008, p.16]
- 75Slant MagazineCarson LundSlant MagazineCarson LundWhat makes Alice in the Cities so noteworthy is the tender, lifelike rapport cultivated between Vogler and Rottländer.
- 75TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineAn ancestor of director Wenders's 1984 film Paris, Texas.
- 75RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiRogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiThere is a timelessness to its explorations that makes it as rich and resonant today as when it was first released.