Go Ask Alice
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Movie Reviews of Go Ask Alice
Movie Review: Brook's Realistic Review
Summary: 3 Stars
The book I read was very exciting because it was greatly realistic. In the book the main character was very interesting to read about because she was so exciting. Every experience she went through she seemed to make the wrong decision, but it would keep me on the edge to wondering what woud next happen. Although this character was very dissapointing because of her awful decisions, towards the end of her diary she took a turn for better. Besides her carelessness, she came off of her addiction to using drugs and concentrating on her life being set back into its place. I understand the theme of this book which is " if you make smart decisions in your life, it can be made less complicating." Alice was very experience with sex and drugs at only the age of 17. Almost every page of her diary expressed how she wished she had made better decidions so that her life would not be so complicating. At the ending of this novel I was very impressed with the way Alice has cleaned up her life, I reccomend this story for young readers that have questions about every day life, I belive it can have a great influence on other readers.Movie Review: The book is better
Summary: 3 Stars
I read the book when I was a young teen and the movie came out when I was the same age as the teenage girl in the movie. Fifteen. I admit drugs scared me probably partly due to the book. The movie isn't that good.
It's about a dazed and confused middle class teen girl who used drugs to feel accepted by her peers. She gets hooked quick and hits bottom fast. The movie at about the middle shows her trying to get straight.
The adults are not very sympathetic to her. She doesn't have a support system like NA to go to. When she gets in one, it's portrayed as being useless if not detrimental to staying clean. No wonder she starts using again.
I watched it for nostalgic reasons. We sure looked shaggy back then. I had the long straight hair parted in the middle and pretty much dressed like she did. Instead of the floppy hat, I had a leather head band. Those bell bottoms were silly looking. I'm glad that when fashion makers tried to bring them back in the 90s they didn't succeed much.
Movie Review: Still packs a punch after all these years
Summary: 3 Stars
The book made a powerful statement in 1973 when I was 11. I had already read it (which scared the @#$%^ out of me for life) and putting a visual on those scenes haunted my imagination. The film might be laughable 35 years later, considering all the advances in acting and film, but the message is still clear. We thought it was a true story, but whether it is or not, the book packs a serious punch. I know it kept me (and the gang of girls I ran with) straight throughout my teens(in those raucous 70s!). I have students who are reading it now in a Banned Book unit. I still think it should be required reading-its message saved my life every time I was offered weed, speed, coke or one too many drinks. And Grace Slick's song still rings in my ears....Movie Review: Go Ask Alice
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this movie after i read the book in one night. I was so amazed by the book that i had to see the movie and see how other minds played out the charcters. I did enjoy watching the movie, however, i was disappointed by the acting and the way the plot was set out. It usually happens that you read a book then see that movie and there are always changes to the movie to fit all the excitement and adventure in 90 minutes. I think the directers might have taken the changes a little too far and almost changed the whole experience behind the book for me. I would recommend reading Go Ask Alice the book before seeing the movie, things will play out a lot better and make a lot more since if you read the book first.Movie Review: A polished, "seventies-safe" version of the book
Summary: 3 Stars
I have read the book and seen the movie several times [I have it on VHS]. The book was incredible! I read in 2 days; it was hard to put down. The movie was typical of many movies made in the early 70's --censorship was big then. The movie didn't address/portray all the real stuff going on in the book. The book was the closest representation of what really happened in life. The movie was far from the book; since it was made for television, it had to be made "sterile " and "safe". I loved the movie because I love most 60's and 70's movies--but it needed to be closer to the book.