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I was very much looking forward to watching the movie. This family's story is absolutely fantastic, and I definitely encourage you to read about their story or to watch the movie if you prefer. Unfortunately, however, I found the movie way too repetitive, focusing throughout most of it on the opposite expectations from the son and his father. It felt like I watched 4 or 5 times a very similar scene about their opposite personal wishes (which very negatively affects my rating). I believe the movie could have made me feel a lot more engaged by including more diversity of scenes, for instance about many others impacts of their integration in Canada and in the Nova Scotia town instead.

Worst movie I've ever watched! Yet, the average rating on imdb stands at 8.0. This is so surprising. I usually am not hard to be satisfied by movies, and I had always agreed broadly with the imdb average rating (by a point or 2 at most). But it's the first time I disagree so much with the imdb average, and with reviews in general. I really felt like I lost 2 hours and a half of my Saturday because of this movie. The message shared at the end is a message I agree with, the plot sounds interesting, the actors are amazing actors, and it's great to have some changes in the typical cast of Hollywood movies... but the movie's jokes and comedy scenes felt like they were aimed at teenagers (particularly a few scenes that I would definitely had laughed about with some of my friends when I was in high school). I would recommend to stay away from this movie, despite the amazing reviews you will find and the nominations it has received.

I truly enjoyed the movie, the development of the characters and the family story. I would recommend the movie despite a few drawbacks, such as a confusing start of the movie.