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Farming

2018

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Damson Idris, Kate Beckinsale, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Genevieve Nnaji ...

5.8

567

Drama It follows a young Nigerian boy as he is drawn into the warped world of a racist skinhead gang in 1980s England. Enitan is a young boy “farmed out” by his parents to a white British family in the hope of giving him a better future. Caught between two worlds and belonging to neither, Enitan’s need for love and acceptance is exploited by the adults in his life, transforming a sweet boy into a teenage menace.

	Media	Author	Review
		Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"'Farming' is rooted in rich, complex, potentially gripping material. But [the director] slaps this story together with so little subtlety, he ends up seriously diluting its dramatic power."
		Ben Kenigsberg The New York Times	"[It] is both audacious and slightly unsatisfying (...) A mystery movie in which the author investigates himself — and doesn’t fully share the answers."
		Allan Hunter Screendaily	"The vicious racism and language of the period are presented with a sickening authenticity (...) Damson Idris proves that he has the presence and skill to carry a film"
		Jessica Kiang Variety	"The film is remarkable for its lack of self-pity, but it makes the experience of 'Farming' a merciless one for the audience too"
		Edward Porter The Times	"Akinnuoye-Agbaje, is drawing on his life here, and his account of the hero’s agonies is commendably intense, but its lack of subtlety blunts the film’s force (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[It] is gruelling but intensely heartfelt (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Carlos Aguilar Los Angeles Times	"One-note but convincing, Idris’ performance seethes with furious abandon (...) Akinnuoye-Agbaje’s admirable life story gets reduced to its most sensational chapter."
		Phil de Semlyen Time Out	"If 'Farming' lacks a scalpel-like subtlety to dissect the material, it still presents a confronting depiction of self-loathing and psychological abuse (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Amon Warmann Empire	"There’s a compelling film buried somewhere in 'Farming' (...) but it is ultimately lost amidst the unrelenting violence the film continually subjects us to (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Kaleem Aftab Cineuropa	"[It] has a visceral quality that gives the world depicted a sense of dread and fear, and the topic deserves discussion. But the good work is undone by the over-egged performances and the equation of aggression with emotion"

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