Review of Frankie & Alice (2010) by Dan M — 29 Nov 2010

Great performance by Halle Berry in a ho-hum film about a woman with multiple personalities. The film feels more SCRIBBLE than SYBIL as it's kind of patched together by about 100 writers in fairly broad strokes.

Not bad, not boring, just fairly standard-issue mental illness fare here. The revelations aren't terribly surprising, and the main character's journey doesn't completely engage...but still, Berry digs deep and gives it everything she's got, which is considerable.

I loved her, especially in her early scenes as a stripper, where her character is at her loosest. Phylicia Rashad and Chandra Wilson, as mother and sister respectively, don't have a lot to do, but they do it well.

Stellan Skarsgard is warmer than usual and is a fine match for Berry here. Not much else to say. It's a "wow" within a "meh".