Cheerful romcom, with a very familiar plot, dressed up in Asian milieu and characters.
Constance Wu plays New York Chinese with single parent who travels to Singapore to meet her boyfriend's family at a wedding, he being British educated Henry Golding. Turns out not only are they super-wealthy but he's expected to take over the family business there. With Michelle Yeoh (mother, Crouching Tiger), Gemma Chan, Lucy Liu (Grandmother), Awkwafina (the blonde haired friend), Ken Jeong, Kevin Kwan, Nico Santos (the gay one), Sonoyo Mizuno, Ronny Chieng.
Some slightly rough and ready plot development (the mother seems to come around too easily, grandma's goodwill disappears too abruptly, father doesn't appear for daughter's wedding). Good use of popular songs with oriental vocals. Seems to lose momentum a bit from wedding on (film is over two hours). Colorful credits.
Written by Peter Chiarelli, Adele Lim and Kevin Kwan (whose upcoming projects include Rich People Problems and China Rich Girlfriend!)
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