'Hala' is a portrait of an American Muslim teen coming of age—and a great example of how to make the personal feel universal. Our review
helps move one inch closer to being bridged — it’s also a tale we’ve heard several times before, and one that you can’t help anticipating which curves to lean into and when. There’s the ecstasy of young love and the agony of bad, though, thankfully, not horrifically traumatic first sex. Innocence is lost in various ways, from the revelation of a moral hero as a hypocrite to a domino effect of poor decisions that results in a catastrophic consequence.
And then there’s Viswanathan, the young Australian actor who’s already proven to be a clutch ensemble player (
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