In the taut psychological thriller Alice, Darling, Anna Kendrick delivers a riveting performance as Alice, a woman seemingly living a picture-perfect life who is secretly trapped in a toxic, emotionally abusive relationship with her charismatic but controlling boyfriend, Simon (Charlie Carrick). When a weekend getaway with her two closest friends, played by Kaniehtiio Horn and Wunmi Mosaku, offers a rare chance to escape his suffocating grip, Alice begins to confront the subtle, insidious patterns of manipulation that have eroded her sense of self. As the trio retreats to a remote lakeside cottage, the idyllic setting becomes a pressure cooker for buried truths, forcing Alice to grapple with her own complicity and the terrifying prospect of breaking free. Directed by Mary Nighy with a simmering, claustrophobic intensity, the film masterfully explores the quiet, often invisible horrors of coercive control, presenting a deeply unsettling and empathetic portrait of a woman's fragile journey toward reclaiming her own identity.