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Plot

"Alice" was the pseudonymous name of the teenaged author who wrote the book upon which this above-average TV movie was based. Jamie Smith-Jackson portrays a shy, slightly overweight high schooler who is so anxious for acceptance that she falls in with the drug crowd. In a methodical, almost casual matter, we see how Alice descends into a nether world of pushers, pimps and prostitution. Perhaps to make the point that this could be the story of any impressionable youth, few of the characters are identified by name: Julie Adams plays "The Mother," William Shatner "The Professor," Andy Griffith "The Priest," and so on. Filmed in a cinema-verite fashion, Go Ask Alice makes excellent use of relatively unfamiliar Los Angeles locations.
MPAA Rating:
Not Yet Rated
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
74min.
Theatrical Release Date:
11/22/2003
DVD Release Date:
07/18/2006
Director(s):
John Korty
Themes:
Rape & Sexual Abuse,Managing Parental Relationships [k],Drug Addiction,Prostitutes,Runaways,Peer Pressure [k],Drug/Alcohol Experimentation [k]
Tone:
Bleak,Compassionate,Downbeat,Intimate,Somber
Keywords:
addiction,drugs,girl,high-school,peer-pressure,pimp,prostitute/prostitution,shyness,student,teenagers,youth