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Aviva

2020

Boaz Yakin

Zina Zinchenko, Bobbi Jene Smith, Tyler Phillips, Or Schraiber ...

6.4

84

Drama. Romance A unique exploration into romantic connection and gender dynamics, 'Aviva' tells the story of a relationship between a man and a woman, with each of the two principal characters played by both a man and a woman. It's the story of a marriage that develops and eventually dissolves, evolving into deep friendship-all told through a mix of traditional dramatic scenes and expressive dance sequences.

	Author	Review
United States	Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter	"The film poses gripping questions about coupledom, self-knowledge and, not least, the rewards of artistic flow versus the pain of disconnection. There are stops and starts, but mainly Aviva flows."	POS
United States	Jude Dry IndieWire	"It’s an ambitious piece, but in the dance between experimental ideas and grounded storytelling, 'Aviva' should have listened to her body."	NEU
United States	Tomris Laffly rogerebert.com	"A start-to-finish strange, surprising and often arresting artifact. And that’s thanks to [Yakin’s] (...) insistence on establishing an inventive visual dialogue with notions like coupledom, sex (...) and gender (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Brian Seibert The New York Times	"The surprising choices grow less surprising. A daring film becomes less daring than it might have been."	NEU
United States	David Fear Rolling Stone	"Smith is an extraordinary dancer (...) She fills Yakin’s self-exploration with artists exquisitely writhing, gliding, clapping, stomping, vamping and contorting in perfect rhythm (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Michael Ordoña Los Angeles Times	"Khachaturan’s fine, versatile cinematography captures the beauty or urgency of the motion (...) But the film fails to coalesce largely because viewers are left to wonder what joins the couple in the first place"	NEU
United States	John Fink The Film Stage	"A dazzling and frank dance musical (with, truth be told, very little memorable music), Boaz Yakin’s 'Aviva' is an ambitious picture free from the restraints of traditional narrative"	POS
United Kingdom	Cath Clarke The Guardian	"[It] is deeply exasperating at times, a bit indulgent and at least 20 minutes too long (...) the film’s big experiment feels only semi-interesting. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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