When Alice Klieg wins the Mega-Millions lottery, she immediately quits her psychiatric meds and buys her own talk show.When Alice Klieg wins the Mega-Millions lottery, she immediately quits her psychiatric meds and buys her own talk show.When Alice Klieg wins the Mega-Millions lottery, she immediately quits her psychiatric meds and buys her own talk show.
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5.9/10
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- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
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Storyline
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? —Anne Campbell
- Taglines
- Alice is going to be on TV whether you like it or not
- Genres
- Certificate
- K-12
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Did you know
- TriviaThe actress playing Kristen Wiig's mother is actually director Shira Piven's mother.
- GoofsAt the first meeting with the executives Alice states she'd like the show to be two hours long, but whenever there's a close-up of the TV guide it's shown as only a one hour program.
- Quotes
Alice Klieg: I was a summer baby born in 1971 in Simi Valley, California, and I've been using masturbation as a sedative since 1991.
- Crazy creditsSome of the closing credits are shown over the red recording indicator of a camcorder.
- SoundtracksHappy Talk
Written by Oscar Hammerstein II & Richard Rodgers
Performed by Muriel Smith
Courtesy of RCA Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
Top review
Great acting, oddball film
Yeah, it was a very weird, very odd film. Certainly not the same-old, same-old, so in that respect I was so enthralled by it all. I do think maybe the film needed a stronger directorial hand though, maybe someone who could find a more consistent, more tight balance on both the comedy and drama, and the pitch black humor. As it is, it does feel messy because of that... something about the film needed some polishing, I'm just not sure what. Wiig was really good, and actually a lot more impressive here than in The Skeleton Twins. Linda Cardellini was almost MVP, stealing her scenes like a pro. it could be funny and awkward, which is what it went for, but yeah I feel like in the hands of a better director (writer too) it could've been something really great. As it is, a solid B
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- May 10, 2015
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $608,852
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $34,920
- May 3, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $636,819
- Runtime
- 1h 27min
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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