An incredible sustain African refugee story what a beautiful acting by Cynthia Erivo, the way she express her grieve and emotion made me fall in love with the story, every refugee has it own deep stories which many would never imagine .

I just wish we have a little bit of her happiest moment in the film she been through alot Her revealing the weight of her devastating past make me sob and at the same time feel happy for her, This is one of the best movie I have watch this year Alia Shawkat deliver her role perfectly well also making her the darling of this film I am looking forward into reading the book.

Why is it lacking? The pace. This movie is sloooooow.

No words are spoken for the first ten minutes. Little is said in the whole movie until the ending is revealed.

Don't get me wrong, this is not a bad film by any stretch of anyone's imagination, it's just that it is slow at the start, takes its tome to reveal its real meaning.

It is well made, the direction tries to tell a story by showing rather than telling. The acting is a little bereft of convincing emotion.

There are more issues to do with the plot. When is this film set? The Liberian civil war was 20 years ago. How did the fisherman break his arm and leg? Where did she get all of her money?