The Farewell

2019 • 99 minutes
4.3
137 reviews
97%
Tomatometer
PG
Rating
Eligible
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About this movie

In this funny, heartfelt story, Billi's (Awkwafina) family returns to China under the guise of a fake wedding to stealthily say goodbye to their beloved matriarch, the only person that doesn't know she only has a few weeks to live.
Rating
PG

Ratings and reviews

4.3
137 reviews
Mike Davis
October 3, 2020
I legitimately have no idea how this got such good reviews. 15 minutes in and both my wife and I wanted to turn it off. But we stuck with it and painfully made it through the full movie. There is so much wasted time in this film. The music is blah. Storyline is meh. Lots of weird awkward scenes. Ending is odd. I will certainly not be watching this one again.
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Isabel Pirzada
October 31, 2019
Awkwafina exhibits raw emotion in this film about a Chinese- American family bidding farewell to their beloved Grandma. We should all be so lucky to learn new things about different cultures. For ex. The subject of Death is a very controversial topic that spans across the globe. I just wish this movie didnt move at the pace of a turtle.
122 people found this review helpful
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Kenneth Yaw Agyeman-Badu
January 25, 2020
I think it's Overated, made me expect more and now kinda feel disappointed and empty. It basically has no content, content to even make me sad.
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