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The Farewell
2019 1h 40m PG
Comedy
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Drama
7.5
97%
87%
74%
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Billi's (Awkwafina) family returns to China under the guise of a fake wedding to stealthily say goodbye to their beloved matriarch.
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Directed By
Lulu Wang
Written By
Lulu Wang
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Cast of The Farewell
Awkwafina
Billi
Zhao Shuzhen
Nai Nai
Tzi Ma
Haiyan
Diana Lin
Jian
Hong Lu
Little Nai Nai
Jiang Yongbo
Haibin
Han Chen
Haohao
Aoi Mizuhara
Aiko
Zhang Jing
Gu Gu
Yang Xuejian
Mr. Li
Jim Liu
Doctor Song
Li Xiang
Aunty Ling
Hongli Liu
Aunty Gao
X Mayo
Suz
Hong Lin
Doctor Wu
Becca Khalil
Shirley
Zhang Shimin
Michael
Gil Perez-Abraham
Tony (uncredited)
Ines Laimins
Kathy
The Farewell Reviews
ChrisStuckmann.com
Chris Stuckmann
A charming portrait of a family struggle. Beautiful performances and an unexpected--and very welcome--ending.
Chicago Reader
Ben Sachs
What follows is a series of hackneyed scenes about the different interpersonal relationships within the family, centering on the heroine's bond with her grandmother.
Thrillist
Esther Zuckerman
Thematically, The Farewell is about reconciliation with the past and wrestling with cultural traditions that now seem foreign in a country that once was home. But it's also simply about grappling with loss...
The New Republic
Zoë Hu
Immigrants, for whom such experiences often overlap in intimate ways, can tell some of the most compelling stories about the human condition and the dislocating shocks of modernity.
The Nation
Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
Awkwafina finds her footing as a first-time leading lady, excelling with her emotionally nuanced and vibrant performance in a story about familial love and the gray area one cultivates from straddling different homelands.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
The Farewell is one of the best films of 2019. Heck, it might even be one of the best of the entire decade.
Austin Chronicle
Matthew Monagle
Sometimes, the movie argues, it's the things we don't say that prove how much we care. Billi's path to acceptance of this makes The Farewell one of the most heartfelt homecoming films in years.
San Diego Reader
Scott Marks
On the plus side, Ms. Wang puts her Panavision lens to impeccable use. You can count the number of closeups on one hand.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
It has an eye for absurdity and for the telling detail, and it marks Lulu Wang as a director with the rare but essential ability to make you care about what she cares about.
Baltimore Magazine
Max Weiss
An extraordinarily confident debut from Wang.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
When each of us contains multitudes, "The Farewell" suggests, home is everywhere, or anywhere we happen to be.
Detroit News
Adam Graham
This smart film deftly mixes comedy and tragedy, and manages to be heartfelt without being cloying or sentimental.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
While Wang may stint occasionally on the sort of character detail separating a very good film from a great one, "The Farewell" takes you to a humanely eccentric place.
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
The end result is life-affirming and the average viewer is likely to leave the film feeling uplifted.
Arizona Republic
Samantha Incorvaia
"The Farewell" is an unexpected movie because of its overall direction.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Like her heroine, Wang straddles the fence and argues from either side of it; like her, the movie is profoundly Chinese-American, speaking to both audiences and able to be enjoyed by both.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
Lots of heavy stuff, to be sure, and there are times when The Farewell delivers powerful emotional blows, and we ache for Billi and what she's going through - in large part because Awkwafina's performance is so raw and authentic and in the moment.
Houston Chronicle
Cary Darling
The story of a wedding held under trying circumstances might not be the type of film that go can toe-to-toe with "Spider-Man: Far from Home" when it comes to total box-office bucks but its very down-to-earth story proves to be its superpower.
Chesapeake Family Magazine
Roxana Hadadi
How The Farewell balances questions about cultural heritage and the morality of honesty is immersive and lovely.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
This film is sharply written and beautifully performed. It is a perfect example of the adage that the more specific a story is, the more universal it is.
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