Crazy Rich Asians-Money can’t Buy Love but Makes Things Complicated
See you again, what types of movies you have watched recently? I fund a newly released movie called Crazy Rich Asians, which top lists at the box office in IMDb. The fourth and the fifth one are Alpha and Mission: Impossible – Fallout.
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 93% based on 208 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10. On IMDb, the film has a weighted average score of 74 out of 100.
Besides, it is the first film by a major Hollywood studio to feature a majority Asian cast in a modern setting since The Joy Luck Club in 1993. It really surprises and attracts me.
Movie details
In theaters: August 15, 2018
Director: Jon M. Chu
Studio: Warner Bros
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 121 minutes
Cast:
Constance Wu as Rachel Chu,[4] Nick’s longtime girlfriend and Kerry’s daughter
Henry Golding as Nick Young, Rachel's longtime boyfriend and Phillip and Eleanor's son
Michelle Yeoh as Eleanor Sung-Young, Nick's domineering mother, and Phillip's wife
Awkwafina as Goh Peik Lin, Rachel's Singaporean college best friend
Gemma Chan as Astrid Leong-Teo, Nick's cousin, Charlie's ex-fiancée, and Michael's wife
Lisa Lu as Shang Su Yi, Nick's grandmother and the matriarch of the family
What’s the story?
Based on Kevin Kwan's best-selling novel, Crazy Rich Asians is the story of Chinese American economics professor Rachel Chu (Constance Wu), who travels to Singapore to attend a wedding with her boyfriend, Nick Young (Henry Golding). Rachel will be meeting Nick's family for the first time, and it turns out she's woefully unprepared. Nick concealed his family background so that Rachel is shocked when Nick arranges a first class suite for the flight. Well, Nick just says that his family is comfortable.
She has no idea that not only are the Youngs wealthy, but they're a prestigious "old money" family, and Nick is essentially the prince of Singapore. Actually, Nick plans to propose to Rachel, while his mother Eleanor insists that Nick should marry someone in a high state. What’s more, Rachel has to adapt to jealous ex-girlfriends and Nick’s admirers, who defile her bed with a dead fish and a message calling her a gold digging in the party. Nick discovers Rachel’s upset over his secrecy about his family. He apologizes and takes Rachel to make dumplings by hand.
Whatever, Rachel makes a good impression on the wedding. However, things are not developed smoothly as they thought. On the reception of the wedding, Eleanor and Shang Su Yi know Rachel’s family background and think she cheats Nick. Fortunately, Nick has a firm relationship with Rachel. Finally, Eleanor and Rachel acknowledge each other.
My point
I think the sentence of “Money can't buy love but makes things complicated” is apt to the theme of the Crazy Rich Asians. When Rachel doesn’t know Nick is actually a rich man, they fall in love for years. From it, we can see that they are sincerely treating this relationship. And Rachel loves Nike just because of his nature but not his wealth. On the contrary, they may be unable to get married suppose Rachel knows the truth. You may feel that this kind of things is far away with you. The truth is that you are in the situation.