Alice Adams
“Twenty-two and wonderful ... as Booth Tarkington's loveliest heroine!”
ComedyDramaRomance
In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, but mother and daughter Alice try every possible social-climbing stratagem despite snubs and embarrassment. When Alice finally meets her dream man Arthur, mother nags father into a risky business venture and plans to impress Alice's beau with an "upscale" family dinner. Will the excruciating results drive Arthur away?
VIBE
A charmingly awkward slice-of-life comedy about navigating social anxieties and the pursuit of love. It feels like a warm, slightly embarrassing family gathering where everyone tries a little too hard, but with good intentions.
awkwardcharmingwryhopefulsteadyscrewball-adjacentperiod dramagentle comedyambitionclasslovefamily
small towninventorgambling debtbusiness ideabusiness start-upyoung lovedinner partysocially awkwardawkward situationnagging wifedinner guestsocial climberpoor pretending to be richambitious wife
