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Shuzhen Zhao | ... | Nai Nai | |
Awkwafina | ... | Billi | |
X Mayo | ... | Suze | |
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Hong Lu | ... | Little Nai Nai (as Lu Hong) |
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Hong Lin | ... | Doctor Wu (as Lin Hong) |
Tzi Ma | ... | Haiyan | |
Diana Lin | ... | Lu Jian | |
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Yang Xuejian | ... | Mr. Li |
Becca Khalil | ... | Shirley | |
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Yongbo Jiang | ... | Uncle Haibin (as Jiang Yongbo) |
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Han Chen | ... | Hao Hao (as Chen Han) |
Aoi Mizuhara | ... | Aiko | |
Xiang Li | ... | Aunty Ling (as Li Xiang) | |
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Hongli Liu | ... | Aunty Gao (as Liu Hongli) |
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Shimin Zhang | ... | Michael (as Zhang Shiming) |
A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.
I don't really know how I can describe the feeling I felt at the end of the movie. It is heartbreaking especially one of the later shots but you kind of feel like you need more resolution or more of an end.
And I know films don't always need a clear cut beginning and end but I just felt like the characters didn't really grow or change. Like I felt we ended exactly where we started the film. Like nothing changed.
One more negative thing was the tone seemed a bit all over the shop. Very sad scenes would play out and then it would drop the dramatic effect for comedy and it just didn't seem to flow very well into each other. And some sequences just seemed like they belonged in entirely different movies like The Hangover or something. It was kind of strange.
I actually enjoyed this movie believe it or not. You could tell it was lovingly made and was so personal. Awkwafina was great and so was Shuzhen Zhao. The films was best when them two were sharing scenes together. They made you feel how much the characters cared for each other.
The score was also quite haunting. It fit the sombreness of the movie.
So I would say you could watch it but you need to be in the right mood as it can get pretty sad.