what alice find be a pleasant discovery . a write and direct by a. dean bell and this be combination of a road movie with a cautionary tale and as well a a voyage of discovery . if you haven not see the film and maybe you should stop reading here . alice be a case study of a young woman that want to break away from the unhappy life she lead in a new england town . her pretext for leave be go to join her best friend and who be away study at a miami university . alice be the product of a single mother home and one that be struggle to make end meet and in sharp contrast with the life of ease her friend seem to inhabit . in flashback we get to see alice life before go on the road . alice and like her namesake in alice in wonderland and embarks in a trip to the unknown that life hasn not prepared her for . the highway of america be full of predator in search of the weak and innocent . alice meet with disaster when her car break down the road and a friendly southern couple come to her assistance when a strange man approach in the darkness with the excuse he want to help her . sandra and bill convince her to come along in their plush r. v. on her way down south . nothing have prepare alice for what this couple turn out to be . after all and in her sheltered life and she hasn not deal with what sandra and bill and her new benefactor do during the overnight stay at the rest stop in the american highway . it come a a shock to her the realization that the kind sandra be nothing but a prostitute that ply her trade among the truck drive populace one meet in those place . alice and brilliantly play by emily grace and be a study in how the young woman awaken to the new reality she can not escape . in fact and sandra make it seem so easy that alice try her luck at the old profession on earth in order to raise some badly need money . judith ivey give a tremendous performance a sandra . ms. ivey be perfect a the seemingly normal woman and one wouldn not suspect she be do the nasty with client she and bill find along the route they travel . ms. ivey be amaze when she reveal the truth about her life to an accusing alice . a the husband and bill raymond be good in his portrayal a the husband and that in reality be a procurer . under the excellent direction of mr. dean bell and the film be not afraid to go to place mainstream film dare not to go . congratulation to this director who have write a plausible story and have gather the perfect cast to play it for our benefit .