''Alpha Male'' is a 2006 American-British

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by Dan Wilde and starring

Jennifer Ehle Jennifer Anne Ehle (; born December 29, 1969) is an American actress. She received the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in the BBC miniseries ''Pride and Prejudice'' (1995). Ehle started her car ...

and

Danny Huston Daniel Sallis Huston (born May 14, 1962) is an American-British actor, director and screenwriter. A member of the Huston family of filmmakers, he is the son of director John Huston and half-brother of actress Anjelica Huston. He is known for ...

Plot

Alice Ferris is a wealthy mother who lives with her family in their stately home set in the peaceful countryside of Bedfordshire. She is happily married to her American husband Jim, a businessman who owns a packaging company, and they have two children Jack and Elyssa. One day, Jim is diagnosed with an incurable illness and soon passes away. Alice’s eldest sister Brede moves in temporarily to support her. Elyssa is traumatised by her father’s passing, so Alice and Brede send her off to a children’s clinic to recover. Soon afterwards, Alice meets and falls in love with a painter named Clive, who has recently been through a similar loss. Alice lets Clive move into the family’s home, to which Jack disapproves. At this point, Jack becomes estranged from Alice and hostile to Clive. Several years later, Jack turns 21 and now lives with his girlfriend named Maliika. For his birthday, Alice arranges a party and asks him to come. He refuses at first, but then agrees to go. At the party, Alice and Clive’s son Nathan falls into the family’s pool and almost drowns, but is saved by Jack. Elyssa, also grown up, sees a manifestation of Jim who helps her overcome her trauma. In the end, the family put their differences aside and make a reconciliation.

Cast

as Alice Ferris *

as Jim Ferris *

Patrick Baladi Patrick Bashir Baladi is an English actor. He is best known for playing Neil Godwin in the BBC sitcom ''The Office'', Michael Jackson in the Sky 1 drama '' Stella'', and Stephen Holmes in the ITV thriller '' Marcella''. Early life and educa ...

as Clive Lamis *

Trudie Styler Trudie Styler (born 6 January 1954) is an English actress, director, and film producer. Early life and family Styler was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, the daughter of Pauline and Harry Styler, a farmer and factory worker. When Styler was ...

as Brede Norton * Amelia Warner as Elyssa Ferris *Mark Wells as Jack Ferris

Reception

Mark Stevens of the

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gave the film three stars out of five.

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* * {{Rotten Tomatoes, alpha_male American drama films British drama films Films scored by Stephen Warbeck Films produced by Trudie Styler 2000s English-language films 2000s American films 2000s British films