Ali Zaoua, prince de la rue

'''Ali Zaoua' may have been meant as a tribute to human resilience, but it ends as another example of how easily human emotions can be manipulated." 

"[Ayouch's] carefully composed shots avoid cliches of cinema verite but are intimate enough to show how poverty chips away at the children's innocence" 

"It's the beguiling performances from the three young children that are really captivating, and it's their sense of the comic and the tragic elements of their predicament that gives the film its enjoyable energy. A real treat (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"Despite exhaustive research and the casting of genuine street kids in the principal roles, Nabil Ayouch’s second feature feels more like a liberal fairy tale than a hard-hitting social tract (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" 

"An engaging and powerful piece of work, with real compassion for Morocco's unnoticed, unlamented army of homeless children." 

"Its sentiments are liberal, it has ambition and intelligence, it's well shot and engagingly acted (...) But, regrettably, the film never quite takes off."