Aisha
Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: May 10, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
81
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMay 9, 2024
This 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. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyMay 10, 2024
This tightly focused character study is a tiny film, with an emotional effect in inverse proportion to its size. Read full review
90
Screen DailyWendy IdeMay 10, 2024
It’s not an unfamiliar story, but Frank Berry’s delicate drama is immensely moving. Read full review
80
Film ThreatAlexandra ConwellMay 31, 2024
Having been invited to understand Aisha as ‘inspired by real events,’ we come to understand Aisha as a woman– her history, her psychology, and her perspective– that is, her life, ‘not a story.’ Read full review
80
The Irish TimesTara BradyMay 10, 2024
Aisha is a portrait of unassailable dignity in the face of cruel happenstance. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 10, 2024
It’s an absorbing drama given sympathy and life by two very high-calibre performers. Read full review
75
The PlaylistJason BaileyMay 10, 2024
It is a thoughtful and intelligent film, and it finds a gifted actor doing some very tricky things quite well. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireMay 10, 2024
Writer-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. Read full review
70
VarietyMichael NordineMay 10, 2024
While 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. Read full review
70
The New York TimesLisa KennedyMay 9, 2024
“Aisha” resists tidy answers through the gentle force of its performances and by staying on the rebuffs and uncertainty Aisha suffers. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreMay 9, 2024
The 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. Read full review
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