Here is My Movie Review of The Farewell

 

Here is my movie review of the Farewell

So basically what happens is that you have Billi Wang and her family and they find out that Their grandmother has stage for lung cancer so they decide to arrange a wedding to spend time with her one last time and they also have to keep  the family  secret. That is basically what the story is for this movie. 

Now the acting in this movie is really interesting because by having multiple actors it really only focuses on four characters throughout the entire film. I think the acting is up there with the acting in Swiss Army Man as in the best movies with fewer actors.

However the absolute big standout of the entire film is Awkwafina as Billi. It makes Billi such an incredible character that I can sympathize and empathize with her because I had to keep a family secret too. Also this is a very different Awkwafina performance because usually Awkwafina Smiles and makes funny jokes. But in this movie she plays the character completely straight. What makes Billi such an astonishing character is that when She find out that her grandmother Nai Nai Has cancer she Doesn't want the rest of the family too find out.Probably the best scene with Billy is where she is at the hospital and she asked the doctor how bad is she and not only is it really sad but it makes sense because she wanted to know how bad the cancer will get If she doesn't get it treated and it is probably the most powerful moment of the entire film. The chemistry between her and Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Zhad Shu-Zhen is still really amazing.

Tzi Ma as Haiyan Wang. I still think he does an amazing job as this character. I still think he is really smart and really sympathetic because when he hears that Nai Nai is dying of cancer you can see how hard it affects him. The chemistry between him and Awkwafina is still really great. 

Diana Lin as Lu Jian. I still think she does an amazing job as this character. I still think she is really smart and really sympathetic because when she hears that her mother is dying of cancer you can see how hard it affects her. The chemistry between her and Awkwafina is still great. 

Zhao Shu-Zhen as Nai Nai. I still think she does an amazing job as this character. I still think she's really smart and really sympathetic because when she finds out that she is dying of cancer you can see how hard it affects her. The chemistry between her and Awkwafina is still great. 

The directing by Lulu Wang. What I like about her directing is that she des a great job often the subject of keeping a family secret What's really sad is that in real life there are some families who do not want discuss death about their relatives so they tell the family member to keep a secret. Fun fact I share the same birthday as Lulu Wang because we are both born on February 25th. But she was born in 1983 and I was born in 2003.

So in conclusion I still think this is a really great A24 film. I still think this is one my favorite A24 films. I still think this is in my top 5 favorite movies of 2019. I think this is still in the top 5 best movies of 2019. I still think more people should watch it. Especially if you are a fan of A24 Films. I give this movie a 10/10.