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  1. Aug 12, 2022 · There’s a lot of small-minded prejudice for Ali and Ava to deal with. Both have busy, messy lives, something Barnard suggests with restless handheld camerawork and convulsive editing. What makes the movie so affecting is the sense that, despite all this imperfection, Ali and Ava have somehow found each other at an improbably perfect moment.

  2. Mar 18, 2022 · Finding the wonder and romance in the mundane and bleak, it is this life-affirming and uplifting message that makes this film so special. Ali & Ava is part-funded by Screen Yorkshire, who have a track record for funding independent Northern productions, as well as providing trainee schemes and diversity initiatives to get more Yorkshire based ...

  3. Aug 12, 2022 · Ali & Ava is a lovely, charming surprise. A Pakistani immigrant and an Irish-born grandmother fall in love in a bleak English town in this sunny and upbeat film. The ordinariness of 'Ali & Ava' is ...

  4. Jul 29, 2022 · One of Ava’s adult sons barges in on them and freaks out. With slight notes of bigotry. But the explosion is soon over, and the movie continues to amble along. This is a gentle unassuming film about gentle unassuming people. It’s possible that many viewers might find it too gentle. Barnard isn’t nearly as interested in narrative momentum ...

  5. Mar 4, 2022 · Where Ali yearns for a baby and with quiet desperation strokes an empty cot, Ava has been rocking the cradle for most of her adult life. There are no soapy discussions about whether Ali’s need ...

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  6. Jul 11, 2021 · Ava and Ali both find ways to laugh at it (Ali dubs him ‘Zorro’), while it serves as a prompt for Ava to eventually lay to rest the illusions he carries about his father. Ali & Ava (2021) This is Barnard’s most accomplished film since her debut, The Arbor, dispensing with the bitter aftertaste left by her gratuitously punishing tale of trauma, Dark River (2017).

  7. Aug 4, 2022 · By Justin Chang Film Critic. Aug. 4, 2022 12:36 PM PT. In “Ali & Ava,” a lovely surprise from English filmmaker Clio Barnard, music is more than just a soundtrack; it’s the characters ...

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