The young lady's crisis is so routine that I no longer care what she does after half an hour. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 5/10 | Aug 8, 2021

With a genuinely moving and understated performance by Geraldine Viswanathan, the film still manages to evoke a certain reaction from the audience, even if it misses its mark quite often.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | May 10, 2021

Geraldine Viswanathan's central performance shines, and Minhal Baig's script brings a refreshing take on the "coming-of-age" narrative.

| Original Score: 8/10 | May 5, 2021

All in all, Hala is wonderfully humanistic and is also one not to be missed.

| Oct 2, 2020

The filmmaker marries an American indie aesthetic with a uniquely immigrant narrative for something fresh, vital and worthwhile.

| Jan 24, 2020

I came to wonder if it's an adaptation of a short film. As it turns out, it is.

| Jan 17, 2020

How Hala allows its characters to navigate that messiness-how the film refuses to align itself with black and white presentations of "good" and "bad"-is intentional and commendable.

| Dec 27, 2019

A coming-of-age story carried by the grace, sensitivity and emotional intelligence of the young actress Geraldine Viswanathan.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 23, 2019

The film shines with a glorious commitment to the emotional evolution of its female characters, which James Sizemore's score accents with notes of subtle agony.

| Dec 11, 2019

Geraldine Viswanathan delivers a star-making performance in director Minhal Baig's terrific new Apple 온라인카지노추천+ original film.

| Dec 9, 2019

Young Australian Geraldine Viswanathan delivers a performance of tremendous poise, prowess and resonance in this affecting new coming-of-age film.

| Dec 4, 2019

Hala shines a new light on the tropes of teenage self-discovery.

| Original Score: A- | Dec 2, 2019

Sensitive and unsparing, Hala is a solid character study rooted in its perceptive skin. Thought-provoking and lyrical, Hala defines a certain type of referential glow that more teen girl-based dramas should follow with unshakable conviction.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 27, 2019

Poetic coming-of-age tale tackles religion, youth with care.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 25, 2019

Director Minhal Baig's attempts at cinematic lyricism, all slow motion and pensive strings on the soundtrack, make the movie do nothing so much as lie there on the page.

| Nov 24, 2019

Viswanathan's resounding yet quiet performance allows the audience to see Hala for who she is - a smart, funny, intelligent, angsty, confused, and completely normal teenage girl.

| Nov 22, 2019

Writer/director Minhal Baig's gentle and attentive sophomore feature Hala possesses something inherently extraordinary by just being about a young, female Muslim-American.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 22, 2019

A coming-of-age tale, a compelling directorial debut, and a slight corrective regarding both teen movies and the American Muslim experience.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 22, 2019

Although its storytelling is at times naggingly staid, its central characterizations teem with complexity and sensitivity, and for that, it's a modest coming-of-age gem.

| Nov 21, 2019

As Hala tests the boundaries of faith and sexual desire (her name means "halo" in Arabic, and it feels like a burden), the movie is unsparing about gender roles and the awkwardness of first-time fumblings.

| Nov 21, 2019