Review of Crazy Rich Asians (2018) by Jon C — 18 Aug 2018

It's the first all-Asian cast in 25 years.

But it still manages to make the rom-com genre still feel as fresh as it can be.

It's truly way more dramatic than I envisioned but it says so much about strict family traditions and cultural inclusiveness.

Based on the best-selling book, the life of these 'Asians' is certainly one to delve deep into.

It centers around a young woman and her boyfriend going to Singapore for a friend's wedding.

But once word gets around about whom she's dating it puts a real strain on his mother played by Michelle Yeoh, she believes in preserving tradition and making your own way.

From the moment they arrive Rachel and Nick meet his entire family but it's anything but smooth sailing when she finds out he's enormously wealthy.

If they get married will it be a struggle every day for both Rachel and Nick?

There's some other side stories going on but they're not very interesting, the real focus is Rachel trying to win Nick's mother's respect if she's ever enough to make Nick happy.

Is happyness an llusion, do we only belong to our own kind of people, is wealth the only qualification to meet expectations, is pursuing our own vision/ambition wrong, does it matter if you're 100% authentic as far as your identity/background?

Love and happyness is what matters above all no matter what the cultural difference is.

Being rich and successful has its own world but so does the other end of the spectrum.

So highly enjoyable!