Rated PG-13
2 hours
Starring: Constance Wu and Henry Golding
How fun was this
movie? The actors in the movie were fun!
The music was fun! The
storyline was fun!
You may not be familiar with the actors in this film, but
don’t let that stop you from watching it.
Constance Wu (from Fresh Off the Boat) plays Rachel Chu, an American
born Chinese professor. Henry Golding,
plays her love interest, Nick Young. Rachel and Nick are in love, but unbeknownst
to her, he comes from a very wealthy
family in China. He takes her home to
Singapore for his best friend’s wedding and to meet his mom and the rest of the
crazy family. She has no idea until they
arrive how very rich his family is and how very cultured into the Chinese
traditions his mom is. As the movie progresses
we find out that things are not as “nicey nice” as they seem. Nick is the most eligible bachelor in
Singapore and Rachel ends up becoming the target of a mean girls’ club and a
family that doesn’t see her as “up to
their” standards. Nick and Constance
must decide if their love is worth going against the family’s heritage and
customs or move forward with their marriage regardless.
I found it to be enjoyable, warm and romantic. Good for any girl’s night or an escape from
the hum-drums of life.