The Farewell (2019)

12/07/2019Comedy, Drama1h 40m

Overview

A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.

Lulu Wang

Director

Reviews

Sheldon Nylander

A review by Sheldon Nylander

8
Written by Sheldon Nylander on November 13, 2019

When a Chinese family finds out that the family’s matriarch is dying of lung cancer, complications arise. In Chinese culture, there is a saying that when you get cancer, you die. This actually boils down to the belief that it’s not the cancer that le...

Manuel São Bento

A review by Manuel São Bento

8
Written by Manuel São Bento on February 5, 2020

If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @ https://www.msbreviews.com Lulu Wang shares an emotional part of her personal life by delivering a beautiful, heartfelt story about her grandmother. Even though The Farewell st...

Peter McGinn

A review by Peter McGinn

8
Written by Peter McGinn on May 12, 2021

This movie is described as a comedy-drama and it is. But I didn’t have many laugh out loud moments. The humor is situational mainly: the writers work up to those moments that make you smile, either because you remember a similar moment in your life, ...

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