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Foroughi's visual storytelling is impressive. September 25, 2018 | Full Review…
Foroughi's visual storytelling is impressive.
Leah Pickett
Ava is a layered, complex character, and one that anyone who was ever a teenager can identify with. July 13, 2018 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Ava is a layered, complex character, and one that anyone who was ever a teenager can identify with.
Mick LaSalle
Foroughi finds the balance in an overwrought situation. April 27, 2018 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Foroughi finds the balance in an overwrought situation.
Kate Erbland
While Ava may not reach the rousing heights of the similarly-themed titles like Wadjda and Mustang, it certainly puts its sharp-eyed filmmaker Foroughi on the cinematic map. April 27, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
While Ava may not reach the rousing heights of the similarly-themed titles like Wadjda and Mustang, it certainly puts its sharp-eyed filmmaker Foroughi on the cinematic map.
Tomris Laffly
At its most gripping, Ava communicates...familiar adolescent agonies through formal detail that makes them smolder anew. April 26, 2018 | Full Review…
At its most gripping, Ava communicates...familiar adolescent agonies through formal detail that makes them smolder anew.
Danny King
Lurching relentlessly from one conflict to another, the movie distills its emotions - and maintains its momentum - in conversations of remarkably controlled intensity. April 26, 2018 | Full Review…
Lurching relentlessly from one conflict to another, the movie distills its emotions - and maintains its momentum - in conversations of remarkably controlled intensity.
Jeannette Catsoulis
Beautifully observed, Sadaf Foroughi's feature début explores the way that, even in societies explicitly controlled by men, it's often women who enforce social rules and seek to control one another's behaviour. November 21, 2018 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
Beautifully observed, Sadaf Foroughi's feature début explores the way that, even in societies explicitly controlled by men, it's often women who enforce social rules and seek to control one another's behaviour.
Jennie Kermode
The tension is high, and the stakes are kept punishingly human. November 3, 2018 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
The tension is high, and the stakes are kept punishingly human.
Chris Feil
All in all, Ava is an accomplished work that marks bright futures for all its cast and crew, particularly writer-director Sadaf Foroughi and star Mahour Jabbari. October 23, 2018 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
All in all, Ava is an accomplished work that marks bright futures for all its cast and crew, particularly writer-director Sadaf Foroughi and star Mahour Jabbari.
Lena Wilson
Sympathetic to even the most misguided characters before her lens, the filmmaker's desire to see what makes people tick reveals a big heart and in "Ava," it never stops beating. October 23, 2018 | Full Review…
Sympathetic to even the most misguided characters before her lens, the filmmaker's desire to see what makes people tick reveals a big heart and in "Ava," it never stops beating.
Stephen Saito
Kudos are also in order for Jabbari, who does most of the heavy lifting on screen and handles the emotionally draining subject matter in confident, captivating fashion. August 22, 2018 | Full Review…
Kudos are also in order for Jabbari, who does most of the heavy lifting on screen and handles the emotionally draining subject matter in confident, captivating fashion.
Rubén Rosario
Foroughi's shrewd filmmaking uses the frame to advantage: the tightening of Ava's constraints is matched by the tightening of the mise en scène around her. August 16, 2018 | Full Review…
Foroughi's shrewd filmmaking uses the frame to advantage: the tightening of Ava's constraints is matched by the tightening of the mise en scène around her.
Mallory Andrews
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