Despite a strong performance from Keke Palmer, 'Alice' can't get past its weak script. Our Sundance review:
Keke Palmer stars as the titular character Alice in Krystin Ver Linden’s directorial debut. The film, which Linden also penned, is set on a 19th-century plantation in Georgia, where Alice and her family are enslaved, only, the twist is—it’s actually 1973.
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