The greatest movie ever made..!

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

This TVM is summed up by the title song . You're hearing White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane except it's not Jefferson Airplane . It's a very good try at a a cover version that embellishes the original song and yet it's not the original song . There's something about it that's different that you can't put your finger on and its the same with this television movie based on a true story And that's it - it's not a true story even though it purports to be . It tells the story of a high school student whose life is overcome by drugs . From the outset you're aware of Alice sounding a little bit too prosaic to be a teenage girl in real life but I've heard the same problem with THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK and no one except a Nazi apologist considers that to be fictional so that's by the by . It does seem strange that the protagonist has a name that ties in with a Jefferson Airplane song but then plenty of songs tie in with peoples name with Theodore being a notable exception . It does seem inconvenient that drugs ruin the life of the protagonist but I'm sure like me we can all give examples of people we've known who have taken drugs , become too involved with them and this had led to blighted lives I've got to stick to my instincts and a little bit of internet searching where anyone investigating the source book has quickly come to the conclusion this is an entirely made up story warning of the potential dangers of drugs . It's a TVM and while nobody in 2013 thinks of turning on the TV and watching a HBO series featuring graphic sex , violence and bad language there were very strict guidelines involving American television in the 1970s that were similar to a Walt Disney film . That said GO ASK ALICE does try its best trying to stay within the guidelines . Hey it's no REQUIEM FOR A DREAM but as family friendly fare middle class middle American screaming that drugs are bad kids it's not ineffective as propaganda

Before watching this made-for-TV movie, I had learned that the supposedly true best-selling book the movie is based on was a work of fiction. So this movie instantly had one strike against it when I sat down to watch it. And it didn't take long while watching the movie for it to rack up a number of more strikes. As I said in the subject heading, the main problem with the movie is that the controversial subject matter the movie concerns itself with - drugs - is too tamely handled. Drugs don't come across as very dangerous or deadly here, and there's the suggestion that quitting drugs is easier that what you've heard in the news. I am sure that even audiences in 1973 found this attitude quite hard to swallow. And lousy covers of classic rock songs are the icing on the cake.

I saw this when I was in junior high in 1972. Remembering how affected I was by the tragic true story of this girl, the dangers of drugs and all things related to hippies. The story though, presented as a "diary" was not a true story. It was written as an "..;it can happen to you tale....", an indictment of the peace and love culture of the sixties and all things related to hippies.http://www.snopes.com/language/literary/askalice.aspThe acting is fine. The story is not frightening, but agonizingly soapish.Entertaining, well yes, if you like soap operas. Blessedly short (run time is 74 minutes) True? Decidedly no.

This movie has got to be the worst I have ever seen. I was very excited at first to see how it would be portrayed seeing as the book was just amazing. I was actually going to buy it on Amazon until I found it on youtube and I am so thankful I found it there and didn't spend my money because the movie is just not worth buying in the least. The acting was horrible and there were countless scenes and people left out of the movie. The movie seemed to take no event order and did not follow the book in the least. Half of the time I didn't even know what was going on. It went by way too fast and was way too short. I do not recommend this movie to anyone. However do read the book its shocking, revealing, and simply amazing