“Crazy Rich Asians” opened in theaters on August 15 with a lot of pressure on its shoulders. It’s a rare film from a major Hollywood studio to be directed by an Asian filmmaker and feature a predominantly Asian cast. You have to go back to “The Joy Luck Club” in 1993 for an example of that kind of representation. So like other movies about underrepresented groups it faces a couple of loaded questions: is it good, and will it sell?
Box office remains to be seen, but the reviews indicate that it is, in fact, quite good. It has a score of 76 on MetaCritic and a 94% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The Rotten Tomatoes consensus says that the film “takes a satisfying step forward for screen representation while deftly drawing inspiration from the classic — and still effective — rom-com formula.”
Helmed by Jon M. Chu, the film tells the fish-out-of-water story of...
Box office remains to be seen, but the reviews indicate that it is, in fact, quite good. It has a score of 76 on MetaCritic and a 94% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The Rotten Tomatoes consensus says that the film “takes a satisfying step forward for screen representation while deftly drawing inspiration from the classic — and still effective — rom-com formula.”
Helmed by Jon M. Chu, the film tells the fish-out-of-water story of...
- 8/16/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
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