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Best movie of this year hands down!

Absolutely the worst movie.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Alice Hyatt (played by Ellen Burstyn) is a 35-year old housewife living in a small town in New Mexico. She has a precocious, cocky 11-year old son Tommy whom she adores and a cold, unsophisticated, demanding husband whom she tolerates. Then her husband dies and Alice and Tommy's world is torn apart. Short of money, Alice decides to move back to her hometown of Monterrey, California, and rekindle her singing career. On the way there she and Tommy decide to stop in Phoenix, Arizona, for a few weeks. Alice gets a job singing in a bar and things are looking up. However, Alice's terrible taste in men once again puts paid to this progress..Martin Scorsese's first movie after hitting the big time with Mean Streets, and his fourth feature film. Quite un-Scorseseish as this movie is a sensitive human drama, rather than a violent crime-drama, and the lead character is a woman. Scorsese proves to be a reasonably good hand in this genre though, producing a movie that is warm and engaging. Funny at times too - the scenes with Vera were Chaplinesque in terms of physical comedy.Performances are generally good. Ellen Burstyn is great as Alice and Alfred Lutter is, for the most part, very good as Tommy. The scenes with Alice and Tommy are great and are a highlight of the movie - wonderful interactions. Burstyn won a Best Actress Oscar for her efforts.Kris Kristofferson puts in a solid performance. On the negative side, Harvey Keitel is irritating in his role.The movie also features an 11/12-year old Jodie Foster in a reasonably important role. Two years later she would appear in Scorsese's next film, Taxi Driver...Not a perfect movie though - far from it. There are times when things get clumsy, even silly. In addition, some aspects of the plot and character development aren't too consistent. This unevenness often undoes some of the engagement that goes before it. Ending is a bit trite, schmaltzy and predictable too.

After M*A*S*H started off in the big screen, Martin Scorsese, starts to make a hit movie which would pick up as a TV show years later. In "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore", Alice Wyatt(Ellen Burstyn) is a housewife with dreams of being a big time singer gets deterred by many obstacles surrounding her. She was living in a town where she feels like she's getting nowhere in life. Her husband(Billy Green Bush) is everything but supportive in her wishes. She does gets a chance to get out of the town she was living in when her husband dies in a traffic accident. Her son Tommy(Alfred Lutter) is a handful. He is precocious, he talks non-stop, and he wants to try something he likes. After leaving New Mexico, Alice and Tommy head to Phoenix, Arizona to try out singing in bars. When that fell through, she heads to Tucson, and work at a diner owned by Mel Sharples(Vic Tayback). She meets Flo(Diane Ladd), the no-nonsense waitress who can hold her own in everything. Then there's the regular David(Kris Kristofferson) who is divorced, take interest in Alice. Her reluctance hinders her because of her past relationships with her husband and Ben(Harvey Keitel). David owns a ranch, and become a good influence on Tommy. Of course, Tommy is notorious for being bratty. You must overcome the obstacles in life, when you have positive people around, you can lose. Scorsese did a amazing job with this movie. And Ellen Burstyn does a spectacular job playing the role. This is a must see. 5 stars!

Finally, I get to see a movie that not only won a best actress award for Ellen Burstyn, but one that drew much critical praise and that people still talk about today.It's a simple story: a wannabe singer loses her husband in a road accident and uproots herself and young son to return to Monterey, California, in order to recapture her dreams of singing again. But it has little in common with films such as A Star is Born (1937, 1954 etc), The Jazz Singer (1927, 1950 etc) and others.That's not much of a come-on for this story, but it's a success because of Burstyn's acting (and Alfred Lutter's, as her son), a believable script with great one-liners and the fine directorial touch from Martin Scorsese. The supporting cast, that includes Dianne Ladd, Kris Kristofferson, Harvey Keitel, a very young Jodie Foster and others, is also quite in tune – no pun intended – with the episodic and even lyrical nature of Alice's journey to self-fulfillment. Seeing as how most have a sense of wanting to achieve one's dreams – no matter how offbeat or off-the-wall – it should appeal to most viewers.I reckon close to a third of the actual film concerns the mother/son relationship: she trying to please and appease, he trying not to sneer and sneeze at her attempts to get a job – any job – and get back to singing; and providing much of the story's comedy in the process. The rest of the movie takes us along the freeways to her personal triumph, where, in Phoenix, she encounters and escapes from the low-life sleaze of Harvey Keitel; breezes into Tucson and the brashly outspoken Dianne Ladd in the next job as a waitress; and finally meets and competes with Kris Kristofferson's local rancher and his need for another wife.So: no, it's not the usual type of Scorsese production: there are no guns, no drugs, no gangsters, no shoot-ups, and very little violence. Just a well-told and well-filmed story that lightens the heart and makes you laugh – and along the way, reinforces where home really is.Recommended for all, except toddlers.May 21, 2012.

'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore' is A Great Human Story! Maverick Filmmaker Martin Scorsese delivers one of his finest films in here. His handling of this emotional subject, is absolutely remarkable. Also, Ellen Burstyn delivers a fabulous performance in the central role. 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore' Synopsis: A recently widowed woman on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as a singer.'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore' is among the Great Efforts in Cinema. It's a human-story, that beautifully translates into an engaging & moving cinematic experience. The protagonist, Alice Hyatt, is as Human as it gets. Her ambition & responsibilities are relatable & very true. Her journey is emotionally challenging, psychically taxing & mentally broken. Yet, her journey engages & moves you. Scorsese's handling of this emotional journey, is absolutely remarkable. In each & every frame, the Oscar-winner shows his attachment & understanding to this story. Robert Getchell's Screenplay is brilliantly moving. Cinematography, Editing & Art Design, are appropriate. Performance-Wise: Ellen Burstyn delivers a fabulous performance as Alice Hyatt. She embodies Alice with unimaginable ease. She gives Alice the respect she deserves. A Hallmark Performance! Alfred Lutter is superb as Alice's preteen son. Kris Kristofferson does well. Diane Ladd is lovable. Harvey Keitel is in excellent form. A really young Jodie Foster, leaves a mark. Others lend support.On the whole, 'Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore' is an emotional triumph! One of Scorsese's Finest Films!