Don't understand the raving reviews

Rating: 5/10 (16 December 2017)

I was in tears about 20 minutes into the movie. Aside from that, really can't agree with the raving reviews and the Oscar nominations. Really wanted to like the film but just couldn't. A moving true story that could've been executed in a much, much better way with a more skilled director. Characters were flat, plot was so predictable to the point that's almost cliche, many pointless characters and I don't agree with the chronological way that the story is presented. The better portion was the first half of the movie but even that was way too long for my taste and can't help but think that they way that it's done only serves to conform to the negative stereotypes of developing countries in western societies.