Review of Crazy Rich Asians (2018) by Austin N — 02 Sep 2018

Being born and raised in an asian family, I was obviously excited for Crazy Rich Asians. It was a movie I've been waiting for, a movie with an all asian cast. And sitting in the movie theatre, I was beyond hyped, and Crazy Rich Asians really delivered.

Starting off with one of the movie's best aspects, the humor. Crazy Rich Asians is a really funny movie and their jokes are original because it comes off as making fun of asian stereotypes ins a really good and funny way.

I could relate to many of the jokes done in the movie because those jokes happens in my family and it's really funny especially for the people that understand the asian tropes and stereotypes. I also thought the acting from these asian actors were outstanding.

Some of the actors and actresses in this movie are in their first acting roles, and they really perform in this movie. I really think Constance Wu, Henry Golding and Awkwafina are the best actors in this movie because they all are funny and serious in times where they need to be, and we the audience can relate to them in many ways.

The plot is something we've seen before, but the movie feels very different because the delivery emphasizes asian culture, and that hasn't been expressed in a movie for a while. Some flaws I had with the movie is a subplot with a few family members and the pacing of the first act.

The subplot is this affair with a man and a women and they are related to Henry Goldings character's family members. Even though this subplot kind of relates to the main plotline, I still felt like it was unnecessary.

They just bring it up at random times and the whole movie would've been better if either they toned down the subplot a bit or completely removed it. The first act felt very slow paced because nothing was really going on.

We are just introduced to the characters, parts of the plot, and a few potential conflicts that could occur in the movie, but it was introduced in such a bad way because I didn't feel too invested into the plot and if they elaborated more, it could've been better.

Nevertheless, Crazy Rich Asians is a really entertaining movie that I can relate to btw I cried at the end pls watch it because it's great. 4/5.