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Welcome to Me

Welcome to Me

Comedy · Drama · 2015

A year in the life of Alice Klieg, a woman with Borderline personality disorder who wins the Mega Millions lottery, quits her meds and buys her own talk show.

Movie details

Welcome to Me

“Alice is going to be on TV whether you like it or not”

2015 Comedy · Drama 1h 27m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

A year in the life of Alice Klieg, a woman with Borderline personality disorder who wins the Mega Millions lottery, quits her meds and buys her own talk show.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Welcome to Me?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

Nearby on the taste map.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Shira Piven

Written by

Eliot Laurence

Kristen Wiig

Kristen Wiig

Alice Klieg

James Marsden

James Marsden

Rich Ruskin

Linda Cardellini

Linda Cardellini

Gina Selway

Wes Bentley

Wes Bentley

Gabe Ruskin

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Deb Moseley

Alan Tudyk

Alan Tudyk

Ted Thurber

Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins

Dr. Daryl Moffet

Court is in session

Put Welcome to Me on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.