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  1. Editor. Michael Taylor. Matt Friedman. The Farewell announces at the beginning that it’s based on an actual lie, but the meaningful truths it reveals couldn’t be more poignant or powerful.

  2. Full Review | Sep 29, 2021. Maria Lattila Zavvi. Lulu Wang's The Farewell is a particularly articulate piece of filmmaking. It beautifully captures the sense of alienation of a child of two...

  3. Jan 25, 2019 · By David Rooney. January 25, 2019 5:25pm. Awkwafina broke out big last year as an irresistible scene-stealer, playing back-to-back variations on the same role in Ocean’s 8 and Crazy Rich Asians...

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  5. Jan 25, 2019 · Film Review: ‘The Farewell’. Less extroverted than she appeared in 'Crazy Rich Asians,' Awkwafina plays a Chinese-American woman who learns that her grandmother is dying but is forced to...

  6. Jul 11, 2019 · Directed by Lulu Wang. Comedy, Drama. PG. 1h 38m. Find Tickets. When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. “The...

    • Lulu Wang
    • A.O. Scott
    • 98 min
  7. Jul 11, 2019 · Awkwafina stars in Lulu Wang's funny ensemble drama about a Chinese American family and their elaborate ruse to pay respects to their matriarch — without ever letting on she has a terminal illness.

  8. 'The Farewell (2019)' is proudly based on an actual lie, one told (and apparently maintained to this day) by director Wang's own family. It's perhaps no wonder, then, that the film feels so thoroughly realistic, despite its somewhat outlandish central conceit.

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