Farming
GEM Entertainment | Release Date: October 25, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
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Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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80
Screen DailyAllan HunterOct 24, 2019
Told with raw emotion and lurid violence, it transforms elements of his life story into a disturbing, eye-opening coming of age drama. Read full review
60
Time OutPhil de SemlyenOct 24, 2019
It has a kernel of raw torment and an unforgiving streak that hints at still-unreconciled wounds, too. It’s not the best film of the year, but it’s definitely one of the most personal. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawOct 24, 2019
Farming is a tough film on a tough subject. There’s not much light and shade – but there can’t have been much light and shade going through it in real life – and Gubu Mbatha-Raw’s role as the concerned teacher is weakly drawn. Read full review
60
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergOct 24, 2019
Farming is a mystery movie in which the author investigates himself — and doesn’t fully share the answers. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonOct 24, 2019
Closely based on the director's own troubled youth, Farming is rooted in rich, complex, potentially gripping material. But Akinnuoye-Agbaje slaps this story together with so little subtlety, he ends up seriously diluting its dramatic power. Read full review
50
VarietyJessica KiangOct 24, 2019
Unremittingly, bludgeoningly bleak in its portrayal of his own degradation and humiliation, and displaying only a passing interest in his eventual rehabilitation, the film is remarkable for its lack of self-pity, but it makes the experience of “Farming” a merciless one for the audience too. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesCarlos AguilarOct 24, 2019
Some distance between the source and the story would have benefited the themes at play, which end up buried beneath punches, slurs and bestial masculinity. Read full review
40
EmpireAmon WarmannOct 24, 2019
Though the central performance is impressively raw Farming’s uncompromising bleakness drowns out the fascinating story, making it a far tougher watch than it needs to be. Read full review
40
The Observer (UK)Simran HansOct 24, 2019
Enitan’s trauma is revelled in but for what? Few new truths are learned here. A rushed, redemptive montage towards the film’s end is presented as ickily aspirational. Read full review
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