Details
The Warner Bros. film Crazy Rich Asians, directed by Jon M. Chu, can be streamed on HBO Max. It is also available on Tubi and Amazon Prime with premium subscription.
- Rated: PG-13
- Runtime: 2h 1min
- Release Date: August 15, 2018
Crazy Rich Asians is a heart warming romance that I believe just about everyone would love. This film is great to watch by yourself or with others. The content is also suitable enough to watch with the family for a nice movie night.
Ratings/Award(s)
This is one of the few movies that makes me emotional every time I watch it. Everything about the Asian depiction in the movie, in my opinion, was so brilliantly done. Although I don’t frequently watch romantic films, Crazy Rich Asians is one of my favorites. Personally, I’d give this film a score of 4 out of 5.
Rotten Tomatoes scored this movie a 91% tomatometer score and a 76% audience score. IMDb gave it a 6.9 out of 10 star rating.
The 14 awards given to Crazy Rich Asians were well-deserved. A few of these Awards include the Special Achievement Award given by the African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA), the Excellence in Production Design Award given by the Art Directors Guild, the Artios Award given by the Casting Society of America in the United States, as well as numerous others!
Summary
Crazy Rich Asians is based off of the novel written by Kevin Kwan in 2013. The plot follows Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) and her boyfriend Nick Young (Henry Golding), while becoming more serious in their second year of dating they take a trip to Singapore for the wedding of Nick’s best friend. On this trip Rachel finally gets to meet Nick’s childhood friends and his family.
As time progresses, Rachel slowly begins to realize that Nick comes from an extremely rich and powerful family in Singapore which was never mentioned before during their relationship. After time, Rachel finds herself having hard time fitting in with Nick’s family who are all extremely protective over him. Upon the harsh disapproval of Nick’s mother Elenor, Rachel ultimately faces the hard decision on whether or not her relationship with Nick is worth fighting for.
Tune into Crazy Rich Asians on HBO Max to see how this emotional journey plays out.
