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Farming

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Farming

R

Released Oct 25, 2019

1h 47m

Drama

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A Nigerian boy, farmed out by his parents to a white British family, becomes the leader of a skinhead gang.

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

The tone of the film is also unexpectedly lyrical -- like a fairytale, albeit grimmer than Grimm. Unrelieved horror and violence can be enervating, but this film has the benefit of truth, and a message of survival.

Rated: 3.5/5

Nov 20, 2019

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

[A] provocative if slightly plodding movie...

Oct 24, 2019

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Carlos Aguilar

Los Angeles Times

Dishearteningly, Enitan's transition from lost soul to a scholar and now an artist gets shoved into the final minutes left over after all the bleakness. Akinnuoye-Agbaje's admirable life story gets reduced to its most sensational chapter.

Oct 24, 2019

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Alistair Lawrence

Common Sense Media

A grimly interesting story that is sadly reduced to a cliched, tedious movie.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 3, 2021

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Kelechi Ehenulo

VultureHound

Farming may not be the best-executed story, but with a captivating performance by Damson Idris, nevertheless, it is still a story worth telling.

Rated: 3.5/5

Sep 3, 2020

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Louise McLeod Tabouis

Battle Royale With Cheese

This is a film principally about self-protection and urban day-to-day survival...a low budget film in terms of finance, but not in terms of aspiration.

Feb 27, 2020

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mark g

Difficult film for sure, but it is a true story! Great performance by the lead. Will stay with you. People giving negative reviews don't like the story, yet, it's a true story!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/28/24

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Nye B

This movie was truly awful.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/24

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Gareth D

Slow, disjointed, over the top, exaggerated.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/01/23

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Kai Yi W

Farming is a great story but it is hearbreaking, the movie shows no self-pity

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/05/23

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Lee M

be an ganged, I think it is unbelievable, have volience

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/05/23

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Audience Member

Incredible story. Horribly told. Wasted talents everywhere. Shame. Should have been better.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Synopsis

A Nigerian boy, farmed out by his parents to a white British family, becomes the leader of a skinhead gang.

Director: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Producer: Francois Ivernel, Andrew Levitas, Michael London, Janice Williams
Screenwriter: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Distributor: Momentum Pictures
Production Co: Groundswell Productions, The Sundance Institute, Montebello Productions
Rating: R (Pervasive Language|Epithets Throughout|Disturbing Racial Violence|Some Crude Sexual Material)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 25, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 25, 2019
Runtime: 1h 47m

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