Alice, the 20th film Woody Allen directed, is about – what a shock! – relationships, infidelity, love, etc.

The plot can be found on its Wiki page.

Alice is an okay film.

The movie seems overlong, though.

And, by Woody standards, it is. His movies are usually about 90 minutes in length. At one hour and 46 minutes, Alice is is creeping up on two hours.

It’s possible the cast was just so big that he had to keep writing to accommodate everyone.

Check it out:

Mia Farrow as Alice Tate Smith
Joe Mantegna as Joe Ruffalo
William Hurt as Doug Tate
Blythe Danner as Dorothy
June Squibb as Hilda
Holland Taylor as Helen
Laurie Nayber as young Dorothy
Keye Luke as Dr. Yang
Judy Davis as Vicki
Alec Baldwin as Ed
Bernadette Peters as Muse
Cybill Shepherd as Nancy Brill
Gwen Verdon as Alice’s mother
Patrick O’Neal as Alice’s father
Diane Salinger as Carol
Bob Balaban as Sid Moscowitz

It was great to see Keye Luke and Bob Balaban. I’ve liked Keye Luke from his days in Hawaii Five-O and Kung Fu. And Bob Balaban is terrific in the Christopher Guest movies that are mostly improv.

Woody was 55 when Alice was released.