Frank Berry’s Aisha is a heartbreaking account of life changes and the people we meet along the way.

Full Review | May 27, 2024

Director/writer Frank Berry's lack of closure for Aisha's fate is a restrained and remarkably effective device to drive home the feeling this film intends -- that we often live at the whims of far more powerful and unseen forces that keep us in place.

Full Review | May 24, 2024

The film is well-written, well-acted, and well-shot. It’s not going to connect with everyone, but for those it does connect with, it will resonate and be remembered for a while after the credits roll.

Full Review | May 20, 2024

Frank Berry's film moves like a docudrama. It is quietly affecting, and bolstered by terrific performances from Letitia Wright and Josh O'Connor.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | May 18, 2024

There’s plenty of great work shared between these two in a story that effectively works to make the audience empathetic.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | May 17, 2024

Every choice in front of her is broached and the futility of fighting is constantly weighed against the necessity to survive. It seems circuitous because it is. What matters is whether its merry-go-round consumes Aisha's spirit or makes her stronger.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | May 17, 2024

“Aisha” is a subtle, understated social drama bolstered by fine performances.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 17, 2024

Letitia Wright is giving the finest performance of her career thus far.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | May 16, 2024

Wright’s performance is among the very best of the year to date.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | May 13, 2024

Aisha wounds your soul as a heartfelt, distressing, and dehumanizing journey through the bureaucratic maze of refugee resettlement. A captivating Letitia Wright gives light to the knife's edge panic and fear an uncertain future brings.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 13, 2024

Aisha is a well-acted drama that authentically depicts the quiet desperation and loneliness that refugees can experience. Letitia Wright and Josh O'Connor give poignant performances as two people who form a tender friendship.

Full Review | May 12, 2024

The old cliché about movies letting us peek into somebody else’s life for two hours is applicable here, and it’s powered by a stunning lead performance.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 12, 2024

Letitia Wright is an aesthetic treasure in her own right, as her performance as Aisha is what keeps Berry’s film gripping and tense even when nothing major seems to be happening.

Full Review | May 12, 2024

A humble, well-made movie about immigrant refugees.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 11, 2024

Wright and O'Connor's arguably best work yet...

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | May 10, 2024

A deeply felt performance by Letitia Wright galvanizes this character-driven Irish drama that explores the immigrant experience with an even-handed balance of frustration and compassion.

Full Review | May 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.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 10, 2024

[T]he narrative itself starts getting in its own way. That's especially true in ... one character who never quite seems to find his place in this story.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 10, 2024

“Aisha” resists tidy answers through the gentle force of its performances and by staying on the rebuffs and uncertainty Aisha suffers.

Full Review | May 9, 2024

Letitia Wright gives a quietly powerful performance as a Nigerian refugee living in fear of being deported from Ireland. Co-starring Josh O'Connor.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 8, 2024