Frankie & Alice (2010)

A drama centered on a young woman with multiple personality disorder who struggles to remain her true self and not give in to her racist alter-personality.

Director:

Geoffrey Sax

Writers:

Cheryl Edwards (screenplay), Marko King (screenplay),

Stars:

Halle Berry, Stellan Skarsgård, Phylicia Rashad

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Halle Berry	...	Frankie
Stellan Skarsgård	...	Oz
Phylicia Rashad	...	Edna
Chandra Wilson	...	Maxine
Alex Diakun	...	Hal
Joanne Baron	...	Nurse Susan Shaw
Brian Markinson	...	Dr. Backman
Matt Frewer	...	Dr. Strassfield
Rosalyn Coleman	...	Pearl
Sean Tyson	...	Rich Fat Cat
Melanie Papalia	...	Tina
Kira Clavell	...	Wanda
Joey Bothwell	...	Trish
Adrian Holmes	...	Cliff
James Kirk	...	Bobby

Storyline

A drama centered on a young woman with multiple personality disorder who struggles to remain her true self and not give in to her racist alter-personality.

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Plot Keywords:

multiple personality disorder | multiple personality | racist | troubled past | dissociation | 

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Taglines:

Turn back, look forward

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Genres:

Biography | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some sexual content, language and drug use

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 November 2010 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$7,768 (USA) (10 December 2010)

Gross:

$7,768 (USA) (10 December 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Access Motion Pictures, F & A Production Services, Reality Pictures In Motion

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Frankie Murdoch: [as her alter-ego Alice] Frankie's not here. She's awake and frightened. I'm getting tired of having to step in for her...

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Connections

Referenced in Maltin on Movies: Unknown & Cedar Rapids (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Better Git It In Your Soul"
Written by Charles Mingus
Used by Permission of Boosey & Hawkes Inc., an Imagem Company, c/o Jazz Workshop Inc. (BMI) and Spirit One Music o/b/o Flying Red Rhino (BMI)
Performed by Charles Mingus
Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.

User Reviews

Don't listen to the critics on this one the only thing similar to Sybil was the mental disorder.

Well i had heard little and nothing about this flick and only finding out about it after i saw that Halle Berry was nominated for a golden globe and reading the review and synopsis to this hidden away little flick and found out it was a true life case of a woman with split personality disorder. Halle plays a stripper named Frankie whose little mood swings have all but frightened the crap out of her coworkers and boss. It turns out these mood swings are a lot more serious and turn out to be s.p.d. Frankie has two others sharing her tired little body, one a frightened but smart as a whip 9yr old girl who her psychiatrist Dr. Oz (Stellan Skarsgard) names genius and an racist white woman named Alice. As the movie rolls along we find out that their is a lot of history that inspired Frankie to take on these alter persona's and can be triggered by something as simple as a song on the radio. An overall good film that lot of reviewers and critics have been calling a Sybil rip off ( I don't call it that but the mental illness is the same thats for sure) Berry's nomination for the golden globe failed and wasn't won as it went to Natalie Portman's performance in Black Swan (another acting job that was well deserved of the win) however she once again pulled off a solid job along with a stellar performance in this film.