The Farewell

Life is too short to abstain from singing, just because you suck at it. When they talk about rich characters, this is what they mean. Honestly, this movie could have gone on for another hour. The way, in which you get to know and appreciate every single, utterly unique member of the family is more than special. This has long shots in which you can look at and discover different things in everyone's faces and other times, at which something completely in line with their personalities will happen in the background, that will make you laugh, while a totally different narrative is playing in the foreground, that is equally as compelling, but drives you to tears. The themes of family, loss, change, coping and the validity of different cultures' way of looking at the world finally hit this to a home run. This movie is beautiful and honest in terms of acting, cinematography, production design and sound. Just go already.