Sandcooler Review of Alexandra's Project

Alexandra's Project (2003)

Good outline, script could have been better

[5/10 · 4 July 2010]

This movie is a fair attempt to be thought-provoking, but eventually it falls a bit flat because it lacks some true creativity. The idea of having a man's life fall apart right before his eyes through a video is good, but are the revelations in said video really that shocking? I thought they were all pretty predictable, you could just make a list and tick of the things she was going to do. She's cheating on him, well duh. The breast cancer scene was pretty effective though, I'll give it that. In between the video fragments the man walks around the house, which is about as riveting as it sounds. I suppose this is done to instigate the inevitable "play the goddamn video"-feeling you might have throughout. The plot attempts to be as conclusive as it can possibly be, but surely things can't be that simple. The massive holes in Alexandra's plan make it difficult to really believe Steve's sadness. The performances manage to save something though. Especially Helen Buday, who's had a rich career of this and "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome", gives a surprisingly good performance and stays compelling throughout. This can't really save the movie though.