The Farewell (2019)
"Based on an actual lie."
Critics Score
🎬 93%
(RT: 97%, MC: 89) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Zhao Shuzhen as Nai Nai
Hong Lu as Little Nai Nai
Hong Lin as Doctor Wu
Diana Lin Xiaojie as Lu Jian
Yang Xuejian as Mr. Li
Becca Khalil as Shirley
Is The Farewell good?
Most people think so. 82% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 93%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
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. Wikipedia ↗
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