Review of Alice's Restaurant (1969) by Emily Blunt for Blunt Review — 12 Apr 2005

This is one of those time capsule films - for that it is important.

This review of Alice's Restaurant (1969) was written by Emily Blunt and published by Blunt Review on 12 Apr 2005.

Alice's Restaurant has generally received positive reviews.

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By Nathan W (532) on 09 Aug 2007

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By Lance H (93) on 08 Dec 2007

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It's too bad that this film isn't as entertaining and satirically funny as Arlo's title song…

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The alice's restaurant song part, where arlo tells about the garbage and going to the army recruitment office, is great and worth watching…

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I didn't like it. I never felt any affinity for the characters nor did the story grab me. I suspect I'm not getting something…

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