Alice
Alice

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Alice

2020
TV Show
Ended
1 Season
Korean

It’s the year 2050 and time travel exists thanks to Alice, the mechanism through which the intriguing practice is made possible. But a rumor based on a prophecy beings to spread about time travel coming to an end. When You Min Hyuk and Yoon Tae Yi are sent to the year 1992 to find out about the prophecy, Tae Yi realizes she’s pregnant and decides to stay in the past by herself. She changes her name to Park Sun Young and eventually gives birth to a beautiful son named Park Jin Gyeom, whose mental health suffers due to radiation exposure. Fast forward to the year 2010, and Sun Young is murdered by someone. 10 years after her death, her son Jin Gyeom is on a mission to find who is responsible for his mother’s death. But while searching, he runs into Yoon Tae Yi, a physics professor who looks exactly like this mother. What will become of these individuals caught tragically between time and space?

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IMDb5.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes75%
Metacritic60/100
Google Users70%
Director: Rupert GooldGenres: Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Plot Summary

A young woman escapes from a life of servitude and discovers a shocking truth about her reality. She must confront her captors and find a way to survive in a world that seeks to control her. As she unravels the mystery of her past, she embarks on a perilous journey towards freedom and self-discovery.

Critical Reception

Alice received a mixed to positive reception from critics, with praise directed at Keke Palmer's performance and the film's suspenseful narrative. Some critics found the plot predictable, while others lauded its thematic exploration of race and identity.

What Reviewers Say

  • Keke Palmer delivers a compelling performance that anchors the film.

  • The film offers a fresh and thought-provoking take on familiar tropes.

  • While suspenseful, the narrative occasionally falters in its pacing and predictability.

Google audience: Audiences appreciated the film's suspense and Keke Palmer's strong lead performance. Some viewers found the storyline compelling and its underlying messages resonant, though a portion felt the plot could have been more original.

Fun Fact

The film is loosely inspired by the classic fairy tale 'Alice in Wonderland,' reimagining its themes in a modern, unsettling context.

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Yohan Yukiya Ses...

**_A Masterpiece!_** _Summary: Alice is a major masterpiece._ Some details: **I. Time-travel** -- I am very critical when it comes to time-travel stories. The writers of Alice handled this very well with just 16 episodes. They backe...

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