Not bad, surprisingly. The Farewell offers a window through which westerners could see and appreciate common Chinese beliefs and values manifested naturally in people's daily life and interactions. It does a good job to present modern China and its ecosystem on a micro-level, i.e. family, without sugarcoating or demonising it. I understand why some Chinese audience may argue that the view of culture differences (expressed explicitly through conversations) is superficial, but I think this superficiality actually renders it particularly true, because that very view is held by actual people - it is not imagined, and it is not profound for a purpose.
She just didn’t know when she was making the choices that they were gonna limit all the other choices that she could make in the future. It’s not even her decisions. We fall in love in this one incredible moment,everything that happened after that is about remember that moment. Maybe if I excised this thing I’d be me again.