Ali and Nino: reviews

What the critics say average 5.4 from 5 outlets

• 6.3 Roger EbertGodfrey Chesire The kind of lush historical drama that Hollywood might have made in the 1930s but these days unsurprisingly owes its existence to foreign producers and, most especially, a renowned literary source. Read
• 6.0 New York TimesKen Jaworowski Asif Kapadia, the director (whose film ?Amy? won an Oscar for best documentary), has a fine eye for splendor, as does Gokhan Tiryaki, his cinematographer. Mr. Kapadia?s sense of pacing isn?t as acute Read
• 6.0 Screen DailyTim Grierson In his nonfiction films, Kapadia sought to reinvent the staid documentary-profile format by exploring the differences between his subjects? real lives and the media representation of them. Read
• 4.5 The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthy The one compensating factor lies in the locations, which provide a look at a vanished world and significant geographic areas rarely seen so comprehensively in Western cinema. Read
• 4.0 Los Angeles TimesRobert Abele Kapadia seems more enraptured by country-crossing movement and breathtaking locations than the details of two people in love Read