Complete Unknown
I wonder if the makers of Complete Unknown were as allured and intrigued by the movie’s central character, as they expect us to be. Alice (Rachel Weisz) is a lazy screenplay’s idea of a deep, complicated, thoroughly interesting woman—she’s altered her identity multiple times, traveled around the world, changed her name, and taken up several new professions. But instead of being a thickly woven tapestry of experience and complexity, Alice is a blank slate, a nothing of a person. Alice is a dud. So’s Complete Unknown.
by Ned Lannamann