Being a Chinese myself, I loved this film. I didn't expect it to be in American cinemas, so I understand that why the rating is so low- not everyone can understand this movie, especially when western people know very little about us, and the translation can bad, i know, but it was pretty good in Chinese. People in the theater cried and laughed... It could have been a little bit too luxury, I admit, but I loved the friendship, the love and all the other stuff that's really quite emotional to me. It did not have a happy ending, if you have read the 3rd book(which will probably not be filmed because of the characters)I loved those girls, especially Lily who seems to have cold heart, but is a dependent and loving young lady deep inside, and she has skills so she is not just a super rich girl that only spends her dad's money. This is more than those teen American films, it's deeper.