The Farewell

i do think inherentely a movie about family grief and death(and your film is under 2 hours), there is always gonna be members of the fictional family left out and thats still the case here but i think what ultimately makes me slightly forgive it is some of it scenes around chinese culture surrounding family and how in china, a family is a unit.

the film is a great double feature with the last feature, end of the track because they both deal with death and grief but rather then the aftermath in that film, its the lead up. to an extend, i do think its morally qeustionable as to what the central conflict is but thats up to the individual watching and personally i think it borders on bad, its also inherentely due to love that the choice is made and also the nations culture. akwafina steps out of her stereotypical screaming asian lady caricature and gives an actual decent performance, the whole cast does but especially the main lady herself, hong lu who gives a gentle performance throughout. tzi ma is the goat and the fact he is relegated to doing something like gunslinger with nicolas cage and captain man is a same.

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