Foreigner

Safai’s first feature is charming in its scrappiness and relatability, even as a few wooden performances and some less-than-stellar effects by the end slightly dampen the results.

Foreigner remains an intriguing and exciting feature that showcases why Safai is a new face in the film industry that you should watch.

Despite a muddied third act, Foreigner remains an impressive debut feature for [Ava Maria] Safai. It’s a cool, slick, and confident bubblegum horror feature with a firm point of view.

As an exploration of identity and assimilation, it is brave and intensely humane, but also mischievious and witty when you least expect it.