Aaleya

  • U/A (INDIA)
  • 2018


MOVIE IS important american conventional horrific exhausting
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Positive Reviews 13
Negative reviews 1
Average Rating 3.7/5
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4.0
Tautly plotted, it has a pace and tension which mitigates the exhausting spectacle of watching a vulnerable young woman getting bullied and browbeaten .. Screen Daily
3.0
While it is far from a perfect thriller, with a gripping plot, seamless storytelling and very good acting have helped the film stand out. ETimes (TOI)
3.0
Mariam Al Ferjani and Ghanem Zrelli in Beauty and the Dogs Its often a cop out to categorize any film that emulates scary, realistic situations as hor .. Village Voice
4.0
Beauty and the Dogs is a sterling achievement from filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania that features an important, uncompromising vision of a real patriarcha .. Film Inquiry
5.0
This is a gruelling film and one that survivors of sexual violence should watch with caution, but it is a tremendously powerful piece of cinema. Eye For Film
4.0
The American police force is likely among the worst perpetrators of sexual violence, but the issue is universal.Beauty and the Dogs proves this. Flim Threet
2.5
Mariam is repetitively damned and saved in sequences that increasingly suggest a conventional stalk and chase horror film, only with a greater sense o .. Slant Magazine
3.1
The film would be stronger had it revealed more of its central characters thoughts and emotions. Washington Post
5.0
A crescendo of humiliation, anxiety and abuse, Beauty and the Dogs plays like a horror movie where every choice is a Catch 22 and every door a trap. The New York Times
3.8
Her experience becomes an incendiary account of bureaucracy built to overwhelm, a complex commentary on political capital and how justice for one can .. The Film Stage
4.0
Director of photography Johan Holmquists camerawork has a good eye for detail and rhythm and the entire cast is tightly choreographed, even if not all .. Hollywood Reporter
1.0
A night that begins with the fizzy high of a new flirtation turns into a labyrinthine plunge through hell in Beauty and the Dogs. Los Angeles Times
3.0
No one will argue that Mariams ordeal is anything less than horrific, and audience sympathy remains strongly connected to her character, yet stating t .. Variety
4.5
Beauty and the Dogs is a taut, engrossing and captivating psychological thriller with an emotionally resonating performance by Mariam Al Ferjani. Nyc Movie Guru
4.5
The relevance of Mariams attire is never really debated in the film, rather acting as a subtle nod to sexist perceptions that a womans style can be so .. The National
2.5
The Tunisian drama Beauty and the Dogs tells a politically charged and important story and uses an intriguing structure.Alas, this tale of a young rap .. Sf Chronicle



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