At its heart is a smart, funny performance from co-writer and lead actor Osamah Sami as the dutiful young Muslim struggling with life choices.

| Aug 18, 2022

Boosted by goofy humour, Sami embraces rom-com tropes including a mad dash to the airport, playfully mucking around with Muslim stereotypes in the way only an insider can.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 19, 2020

Engaging Australian romcom has some language.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 27, 2018

With Australia's current policies on immigration and Islamophobia on the rise in many Western countries, this unabashed presentation of a Muslim love story feels brave and necessary.

| Jun 26, 2018

The somewhat predictable setup and conclusion allow for some nuanced takes through [star and co-writer Osamah] Sami's Muslim lens.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 22, 2018

Much of the film's success is down to [Osamah] Sami's winning performance. He's completely charming as a more nerdy version of himself and he gets good comic support.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 13, 2018

Ali's Wedding works because it doesn't feel the need to compare cultures or focus on the differences. Instead, it chooses to look at how similar we all are, when we're all a bit of a dopey, smitten kitten.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 13, 2018

Stream it. It's smart, funny, and poignant, a rare combination for romantic comedies these days.

| Jun 13, 2018

That it all unfolds so naturally has much to do with the presence as co-writer of screenwriting veteran Andrew Knight, whose credits range from 온라인카지노추천's Seachange to Mel Gibson's recent war film Hacksaw Ridge.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 27, 2017

It explores the blend of Middle Eastern and Australian culture within this country but also tells an amusing, family-driven tale that most will appreciate and celebrate, regardless of their background.

| Original Score: B+ | Oct 23, 2017

Ali's Wedding by contrast gets its big laughs from authentic insights into the complexity and contradictions inherent in Islamic communities, with a wisdom about human nature that hits a universal sweet spot.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 26, 2017

While it's nice to praise a movie for good intentions it's what ends up on screen that matters. In the case of Ali's Wedding what begins with a solid premise and the promise of a cross-cultural rom-com descends into a scrambled, sexist mess.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Sep 15, 2017

At a time when Muslims tend to be absent from our screens bar in the most tragic and brutal scenarios, the idea that these characters have the compassion and courage to work through their significant issues autonomously drives the film's feel good energy.

| Aug 31, 2017

Ali's Wedding neatly strips away the solemnity enveloping that lead balloon of a word "multiculturalism." There's a joyously comic lack of inhibition here and, even better, we're told it's largely a true story.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 30, 2017

To be frank, Ali's Wedding can come across as a bit plain when compared to the recent culture-clashed rom-com triumph of The Big Sick, but it remains a fine effort nonetheless.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 30, 2017

This is a film in which you will hear a letter read aloud, with a voice-over saying the words "you dared to dream", delivered without irony. It is, as they say, what it is.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 30, 2017

This economical, dry sense of humour gets us off to a good start and Osamah Sami's larrikin-ish Ali helps keep us in the right frame of mind.

| Aug 29, 2017

Punctuated by two winning performances and some charming moments, Ali's Wedding succeeds in its pert depictions of Australian multiculturalism and endearing relationships but needs a few more laughs.

| Aug 29, 2017

Ali's Wedding is a super sweet Australian-Muslim rom-com. Just what the doctor ordered.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 29, 2017

I don't know why the release of this lovely film has been delayed so long (I saw it in Adelaide in October last year) but it's worth the wait.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 25, 2017