The Farewell currently has an average rating of 7.1 out of 10 and has been rated by 204 users on our platform.
...deeply moving and unexpectedly playful in equal measure.
Read full review at Roger EbertThere are complexities here that audiences will be unpacking for years to come.
Read full review at The Austin ChronicleIt is heartfelt and beautifully observed...
Read full review at GamesradarEach member of the extended family is drawn with sharpness and humour, making them a pleasure to hang with.
Read full review at Empire...[Awkwafina] gives an accomplished dramatic performance and is surrounded by a skilled ensemble, naturalistic but distinctive.
Read full review at The GuardianThe film’s real value, I think, is its vivid, fully rounded, warts-and-all portrait of Chinese family life — in America among the expats, and back home.
Read full review at Movie Nation...a groundbreaking work that’s authentic and deeply affecting.
Read full review at Ready Steady Cut...provokes a lot of questions regarding cultural tradition, taboo and differences between its immigrant and non-immigrant characters...
Read full review at Little White Lies...a simple but genius film that sheds light on Chinese culture and philosophy while delivering a doozy of a paradigm shift.
Read full review at Common Sense MediaThis is a viewing experience to be treasured. It is one of the very best films of 2019.
Read full review at Chicago Sun TimesWang’s script allows much of Billi’s psychological challenges to unfold as internal processes, allowing Awkwafina to access previously unseen depths...
Read full review at Indie Wire...en absurd familiehistorie om hemmeligheder og løgne, død og kærlighed og øst og vest.
Read full review at SoundvenueEn skicklig sentimental och småskaligt smäktande dramakomedi...
Read full review at Dagens NyheterOk film om västerländsk/kinesisk kulturkrock kring hur man hanterar en allvarlig sjukdomsdiagnos. Några roliga scener men inte tillräckligt kul för att få ett högre betyg från mig.
Det är en hel del bitterljuv feel-good. Skådespelet är också starkt, dialogen likaså.
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