Hardly must-see Wenders, but for fans of his road movies, it remains a treat.
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What are critics saying?
What makes Alice in the Cities so noteworthy is the tender, lifelike rapport cultivated between Vogler and Rottländer.
The A.V. Club by Mike D'Angelo
As a crash course in New German Cinema, this is tough to beat.
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
It is an intriguing movie that lives in the mind for hours after the lights have come up.
RogerEbert.com by Peter Sobczynski
There is a timelessness to its explorations that makes it as rich and resonant today as when it was first released.
The New Yorker by Richard Brody
With this film, Wenders crystallized his style of existential sentimentality. His cool eye for urbanism and design blends a love of kitsch with a hatred for commercialism, historicism with a fear of history’s ghosts.