Alpha Male (film)

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Alpha Male
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Directed byDan Wilde
Written byDan Wilde
Produced by David Bergstein
Damian Jones
Trudie Styler
Starring Jennifer Ehle
Danny Huston
CinematographyShane Daly
Edited by Tariq Anwar
Music by Stephen Warbeck
Production
companies
Mobius International
Xingu Films
Distributed by THINKFilm
Release dates
  • August 11, 2006 (2006-08-11)(London)
  • March 18, 2008 (2008-03-18)(DVD)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesUnited States
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Alpha Male is a 2006 American-British drama film directed by Dan Wilde and starring Jennifer Ehle and Danny Huston. [1] [2]

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Plot

Alice Ferris is a wealthy mother who lives with her family in their stately home set in the peaceful countryside of Bedfordshire. She is happily married to her American husband Jim, a businessman who owns a packaging company, and they have two children Jack and Elyssa.

One day, Jim is diagnosed with an incurable illness and soon passes away. Alice’s eldest sister Brede moves in temporarily to support her. Elyssa is traumatised by her father’s passing, so Alice and Brede send her off to a children’s clinic to recover. Soon afterwards, Alice meets and falls in love with a painter named Clive, who has recently been through a similar loss. Alice lets Clive move into the family’s home, to which Jack disapproves. At this point, Jack becomes estranged from Alice and hostile to Clive.

Several years later, Jack turns 21 and now lives with his girlfriend named Maliika. For his birthday, Alice arranges a party and asks him to come. He refuses at first, but then agrees to go. At the party, Alice and Clive’s son Nathan falls into the family’s pool and almost drowns, but is saved by Jack. Elyssa, also grown up, sees a manifestation of Jim who helps her overcome her trauma. In the end, the family put their differences aside and make a reconciliation.

Cast

Reception

Mark Stevens of the BBC gave the film three stars out of five. [3]

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References

  1. Jenkins, David (7 August 2006). "Alpha Male". Time Out . Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  2. French, Philip (12 August 2006). "Alpha Male". The Guardian . Retrieved 29 September 2018.
  3. Stevens, Mark (5 August 2006). "Alpha Male (2006)". BBC . Retrieved 29 September 2018.