In The Farewell, Awkwafina superbly handles her first lead role, giving 'an observant and carefully pitched performance that augurs good things for her big-screen future.' rilaws reviews:
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riding cacophonous festival buzz all the way to a best-picture nomination. As with any fad, the Sundance dramedy gradually grew stale, an oversaturation of cloying, quirky movies made with cynicism. So I was immediately skeptical whenpremiered at this year’s Sundance to raves. Might this be yet another boilerplate festival hit that can’t live up to the hype? When I finally caught the film on a sunny afternoon in the mountains, though, any wariness was near-immediately stripped away.
Standing in for Wang is Billi, a frustrated and somewhat aimless aspiring writer in New York, played with weariness and yearning byThis is the rapper-actress’s first lead role—a dramatic one to boot—and she handles it superbly, giving an observant and carefully pitched performance that augurs good things for her big-screen future.
Though she and her parents emigrated to the United States when she was just five years old, Billi has a strong connection to China in the form of her grandmother, whom she calls Nai Nai . They talk on the phone, and Billi accepts her grandmother’s gentle ribbing and prodding because it comes qualified by support for—and pride in—Billi’s independence. It’s a lovely rapport, one Billi is devastated to soon be losing.
One slight criticism of the film might be that there’s a repetition of conversation, the family chewing over the value of their deceit again and again. Though to be fair, if I were in a situation like this one, I’d probably ask, “Shouldn’t we just tell her she’s dying?” more than once, too. But for the most part,
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