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16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The Hollywood ReporterBeandrea JulyThe Hollywood ReporterBeandrea JulyUltimately, Farewell Amor is a heartening meditation on the meaning of home not just for one African immigrant family, but for all of mankind.
- 80Film ThreatAlex SavelievFilm ThreatAlex SavelievThough Farewell Amor is not a “dance movie", it’s primarily about that moment when we dance - when everything else falls away, Amor takes over, and we bid our troubles farewell.
- 80VarietyJessica KiangVarietyJessica KiangThe simple humanism here makes the case for nurturing and celebrating America’s immigrant population in a more eloquent and persuasive way than a more polemical film ever could.
- 75The Film StageMatt CipollaThe Film StageMatt CipollaMsangi pulls off something most filmmakers don’t: She adapts her own short film to a feature without stretching it out.
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThe script is a passing parade of grace notes, most delivered with a light touch.
- 75RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloRogerEbert.comMonica CastilloWriter and director Ekwa Msangi constructs this nontraditional narrative with an attention to detail for each of these characters. Just as important as their conversations is their body language and how it shifts around one another.
- 70The New York TimesDevika GirishThe New York TimesDevika GirishEven as Farewell Amor treads familiar paths, its tripartite structure allows for uncommon nuance.
- 67The A.V. ClubRoxana HadadiThe A.V. ClubRoxana HadadiThe film’s final moments suggest a benign American domesticity that its preceding scenes purposefully interrogate. But before that jarring ending, Farewell Amor is clever and unpredictable, using familiar tropes about assimilation to arrange demonstrations of honesty, regret, and love for its characters.
- 67Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenThe family’s reunion story is enhanced by showing it from each character’s perspective. Each time, we discover more about each person and come to admire the sensitivity they show toward one another.
- 60CineVueMatthew AndersonCineVueMatthew AndersonThe US-born, Kenyan-raised director’s feature-length debut is told with honesty, determination and grace.