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Ayouch takes a subject that could be thoroughly depressing ... and -- through a simple story line, dramatic acting and National Geographic-like shots of the city's rough and pristine edges -- creates cinematic magic. Aug 1, 2003 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Ayouch takes a subject that could be thoroughly depressing ... and -- through a simple story line, dramatic acting and National Geographic-like shots of the city's rough and pristine edges -- creates cinematic magic.
Jonathan Curiel
In its own, low-key way, Ali Zaoua is just as stirring [as City of God]. Apr 16, 2003 | Rating: 3/4
In its own, low-key way, Ali Zaoua is just as stirring [as City of God].
V.A. Musetto
Less interested in moving a viewer to anger and action than in eliciting a few tears of pity and granting us a warm glow of self-congratulation for having shared for a moment in the anguish of underprivileged others. Apr 15, 2003 | Rating: 2/5
Less interested in moving a viewer to anger and action than in eliciting a few tears of pity and granting us a warm glow of self-congratulation for having shared for a moment in the anguish of underprivileged others.
Dave Kehr
An oblique, heartbreaking film. Apr 8, 2003 | Full Review…
An oblique, heartbreaking film.
Mark Holcomb
It's the eyes of the children ... that stay with you after Ali Zaoua is over -- as well as the compassion that's evident in every frame. Aug 2, 2002 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
It's the eyes of the children ... that stay with you after Ali Zaoua is over -- as well as the compassion that's evident in every frame.
Moira MacDonald
It's the beguiling performances from the three young children that are really captivating, and it's their sense of the comic and the tragic elements of their predicament that gives the film its enjoyable energy. May 11, 2002 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
It's the beguiling performances from the three young children that are really captivating, and it's their sense of the comic and the tragic elements of their predicament that gives the film its enjoyable energy.
Jamie Russell
Ayouch has crafted a powerful reminder of how kids can adapt to even the worst of circumstances. May 16, 2003 | Full Review…
Ayouch has crafted a powerful reminder of how kids can adapt to even the worst of circumstances.
Marc Mohan
Like a treadmill, Ali Zaoua plays out like a film exercise that goes nowhere Mar 13, 2003 | Rating: D | Full Review…
Like a treadmill, Ali Zaoua plays out like a film exercise that goes nowhere
John A. Nesbit
Director Nabil Ayouch balances the pessimism with gorgeous wide-screen photography, a wistfully hopeful conclusion and a succession of gracefully animated sequences designed to show his characters' more gentle inner worlds. Aug 1, 2002 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
Director Nabil Ayouch balances the pessimism with gorgeous wide-screen photography, a wistfully hopeful conclusion and a succession of gracefully animated sequences designed to show his characters' more gentle inner worlds.
William Arnold
So-so Moroccan drama. Sep 10, 2001 | Rating: 2/5
So-so Moroccan drama.
Phil Hall
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