81
Metascore
11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperThis is one of the best movies of the year, featuring two of our finest actors at the top of their game. Wright’s lead performance is worthy of major award nominations, as is O’Connor’s supporting work.
- 90The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThis tightly focused character study is a tiny film, with an emotional effect in inverse proportion to its size.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIt’s an absorbing drama given sympathy and life by two very high-calibre performers.
- 80The Irish TimesTara BradyThe Irish TimesTara BradyAisha is a portrait of unassailable dignity in the face of cruel happenstance.
- 75RogerEbert.comChristy LemireRogerEbert.comChristy LemireWriter-director Frank Berry’s film never devolves into melodrama – if anything, it may be understated to a fault – but he grounds her plight in an authentic mixture of daily frustrations and sporadic joys.
- 75The PlaylistJason BaileyThe PlaylistJason BaileyIt is a thoughtful and intelligent film, and it finds a gifted actor doing some very tricky things quite well.
- 70The New York TimesLisa KennedyThe New York TimesLisa Kennedy“Aisha” resists tidy answers through the gentle force of its performances and by staying on the rebuffs and uncertainty Aisha suffers.
- 70VarietyMichael NordineVarietyMichael NordineWhile passive and/or helpless characters rarely make for the most engaging protagonists, the sensitivity with which this story is told coupled with Wright’s performance makes for an experience that’s never less than engaging.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThe stakes could not be more intimate and personal here, but as reassured as we might be that something like “due process” and “common sense” will prevail, Wright and O’Connor do a good job of playing people who aren’t so sure, whose faith in people — not the state — to show compassion has its limits.