Review of Crazy Rich Asians (2018) by Jluis_001 — 25 Aug 2018

The truth is that I had enough desire to watch this film and not because the story really interested me because for what I had seen in the trailers, I wasn't really impressed, but I wanted to see it for something that has been worrying me for a while and unfortunately this film came to confirm it: American critics are more concerned now with getting along with minorities than actually criticizing films for what they are.

Crazy Richs Asians is an all-basic romantic comedy, in every sense. The extravagance and wealth that is shown on the screen is just a narrative plus considering the kind of family from which one of the protagonists comes from.

This film is nothing more than just another romantic comedy. It's entertaining within the most basic fields. You'll have some laughs but there's nothing memorable or worth mentioning or something that makes it stand out with the exception that its cast is completely Asian.

Diversity matters, a lot, but don't disguise it as quality. Imagine if this film was called Crazy Rich Whites, that everything in the film was the same. The story, the characters, the cliches, the stereotypes. All of it. Would they have criticize the film the same way? Would it have gotten the same praise?

That's the real question that should be asked.