About Alex

Here's a movie that wants to be *The Big Chill* for millennials. Following a friend's attempted suicide, a group of former college buddies gathers for a weekend of forced reconnection. It perhaps succeeds best as a time capsule of mid-2010s beard/hairstyle trends.

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Jesse Zwick directed About Alex in 2014. See Jesse Zwick's full filmography, where to start with Jesse Zwick, or where to go after you've seen everything by Jesse Zwick.

About Alex was released in 2014 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 96 minutes.