Alexandra's Project

Alexandra's Project

Not everyone loves surprises

Directed by Rolf de Heer

Produced by Vertigo Productions, Fandango

2003103 min5.9 / 10

A claustrophobic psychological thriller about marital betrayal and calculated revenge, where a wife's meticulous trap forces her husband to confront his own cruelty.

Steve is a man who has it all, a successful career, wonderful children, beautiful home and a loving wife. However, returning to his home after work on his birthday, he finds his house deserted and darkened with almost all the lightbulbs missing, all easy access outside cut off and a videotape waiting for him. Playing that tape, he watches a bizarre and grueling recording in which his wife explains her grievance with him, her reasons for disappearing with the children and her revenge for how he treated her in a way he would never forget.

Questions people ask

  • Is Alexandra's Project easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Does Alexandra's Project end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Alexandra's Project scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Alexandra's Project sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Alexandra's Project violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

40/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity66

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise40

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love20

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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