An Asian cast with a shopworn American premise. Basically a rehash of so many Rags to Riches movies made over the years about poor people falling in love with rich people and becoming fabulously wealthy. (With an interesting critique of family values that elevate wealth and prestige over 'true love'.) Mostly an overblown exhibition of excessively conspicuous consumption by a class of people that are the same everywhere no matter what culture or system of government they're a part of.
Best lines in the movie: "What a wonderful wedding. They spent $40 million dollars on it." "Oh, how excessive. We are Methodists, $20 million is our limit."
Most interesting is Michelle Yeoh, who plays a role that's almost diametrically opposite to the one she plays in 'Everything, Everywhere All At Once'. In this one she's the aristocratic head of one of the most obscenely rich families in the world - in the other she's an immigrant trying to run a failing laundromat business.
Best lines in the movie: "What a wonderful wedding. They spent $40 million dollars on it." "Oh, how excessive. We are Methodists, $20 million is our limit."
Most interesting is Michelle Yeoh, who plays a role that's almost diametrically opposite to the one she plays in 'Everything, Everywhere All At Once'. In this one she's the aristocratic head of one of the most obscenely rich families in the world - in the other she's an immigrant trying to run a failing laundromat business.