Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Kristen Wiig | ... | Alice Klieg | |
Wes Bentley | ... | Gabe Ruskin | |
Linda Cardellini | ... | Gina Selway | |
Joan Cusack | ... | Dawn Hurley | |
Loretta Devine | ... | Barb Vaughn | |
Jennifer Jason Leigh | ... | Deb Moseley | |
Thomas Mann | ... | Rainer Ybarra | |
James Marsden | ... | Rich Ruskin | |
Tim Robbins | ... | Dr. Daryl Moffet | |
Alan Tudyk | ... | Ted Thurber | |
Kulap Vilaysack | ... | Grace Dao | |
Mitch Silpa | ... | Derek | |
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Anelia Dyoulgerova | ... | Magda |
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Joe Roland | ... | Technical Director |
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Joyce Hiller Piven | ... | Miriam Klieg |
Alice suffers from borderline personality disorder, but she has what she needs in life. She has an apartment, she has a best friend, and she has tapes of every Oprah Winfrey show. And now, after winning the lottery, she also has 83 million dollars. What she doesn't have is an outlet for the whole world to know who she really is. The TV station cut her off when she tried turning her lottery announcement into a frank discussion of her sexual experiences, but with her money in hand, she's off to LA to convince two struggling TV producer brothers to produce her own TV show. Whatever it costs, she's going to do it. From swan entrances to dog neutering, she is going to introduce the world to Alice. But is the world ready for Alice? Written by Anne Campbell
Kristen Wiig is interesting to watch as she is the master of inappropriate behavior done hilariously. Since her character has a debilitating mental illness, that behavior is like watching a slow train wreck unfold as the lottery winnings add fuel to her peculiar fire. The movie peaks in the moment when the Wiig character starts filming her wacky show but doesn't really go anywhere after that. The story stays in low simmer throughout, neither too funny nor too dramatic. I would have liked it to commit to comedy, in the spirit of What About Bob with Bill Murray. Wiig has that same talent but it's not really used to the max here.