If there is one summer movie that I bet you’ll love if you just give it a chance, it’s The Farewell, from writer-director Lulu Wang.
It stars Awkwafina as a young Chinese-American woman who travels to China to say goodbye to her beloved grandmother who has recently been diagnosed with late-stage cancer, though her family hasn’t told her yet.
It’s a wonderful film and its themes of familiar love, duty and acceptance are universal.
I think it’s going to be a legitimate contender this awards season, and like The Rider writer-director …
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