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The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Aparita Bhandari
A quiet study of its characters, Ali & Ava is a fresh take on otherwise well-worn rom-com narratives.
Ali & Ava
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United Kingdom · 2021
1h 35m
Director Clio Barnard
Starring Adeel Akhtar, Claire Rushbrook, Natalie Gavin, Macy Shackleton
Genre Drama, Romance
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Two lonely people from vastly different backgrounds form an unlikely friendship and even unlikelier romance. Ali and Ava meet when Ali offers Ava a ride home. From there, their kindness and companionship blossoms into love despite the lingering legacy of past relationships and emotional turmoil.
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Ali & Ava once again showcases Clio Barnard’s uncanny ability to capture the insoluble complexities of life.
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Despite Ali & Ava proving a heartwarmingly funny and rich love story, its strength truly lies in the characters’ melancholic confrontation with their underlying pain.
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Barnard once again proves herself the bard of the British working class. In Ali & Ava, she abandons her occasionally bleak realism for a kind of stubborn hopefulness, letting the delight of unexpected connection break through the storm clouds.
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