CRAZY RICH ASIANS

Director: Jon M. Chu

2018, 120, PG-13

Screenwriter: Peter Chiarelli, Adele Lim, based on the novel by Kevin Kwan.

Cast: Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Gemma Chan, Lisa Lu, Awkwafina, Harry Shum Jr., Ken Jeong.

 

Two of 2018’s biggest Hollywood films were those that cast the fewest number of white actors: Black Panther, and Crazy Rich Asians. Based on the hilarious bestseller by Kevin Kwan, Jon Chu’s film is the satire of the super-rich Chinese we didn’t know we were waiting for, as seen by a Chinese-American NYU professor (Constance Wu). She knew her boyfriend (Henry Golding) had money, but it’s when they visit his family in Singapore that she realizes they are ‘crazy rich.’ A super-enjoyable romp with the most dazzling costumes seen on screen since, well, Black Panther.

“A loving take on Kwan’s books, bundled up in a wildly entertaining package.” Kate Erbland indieWire