| This contemporary romantic comedy, based on a global bestseller, follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's family | Some of the characters were downright embarrassing, like the weird best friend and her nerdy brother |
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| As an educated Asian American woman in my thirties, I have seen many offensive portrayals of Asians in movies | And the plot was vintage rom-com, misunderstandings and obstacles leading up to an engagement |
Fortunately, both performers possess the acting chops to not only match their appearances, but also to make their characters sympathetic and genuinely likable.
6| Rachel Chu, an American-born Chinese NYU professor, travels with her boyfriend, Nick to his hometown of Singapore for his best friend's wedding | But Nick has failed to give his girlfriend a few key details |
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| Yeah, it's a fully accepted form of entertainment for millions of Asian people | The movie then segues smoothly into a pleasant enough social comedy-slash-travelogue, as the American Rachel is introduced to local Singapore locations, customs, and cuisine |
If you look at it as a fun snapshot of a fictional family, and a movie that follows the American tradition of romcoms while featuring an all Asian cast a Hollywood first, you would know not to take it so seriously.
8| Then a chance accident reveals his identity | |
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| This contemporary romantic comedy, based on a global bestseller, follows native New Yorker Rachel Chu to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's family | She has a flawless Asscher-cut diamond, a wedding dress she loves, and a fiancé willing to thwart his meddling relatives and give up one of the biggest fortunes in Asia in order to marry her |
Oh wait, you didn't know that? Al these reviewers here calling this film Romantic or Rom-Com must have a twisted sense of what romance and romantic is.