Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
Such a beautiful couple onscreen: HENRY GOLDING and CONSTANCE WU as NICKY YOUNG and RACHEL CHU
Release date: 22 August 2018 (Philippines)
Director: Jon M. Chu as written by Peter Chiarelli (screenplay by), Adele Lim (screenplay by) based on Kevin Kwan's bestseller
This movie is such a hit. Normally, when we watch movies in Commercenter, whether it's a hit elsewhere or not, we don't run out of seats, even when it's a holiday.
We were relatively early for the 3:50 showing. My brother and sister-in-law weren't so lucky at Alabang Town Center. I think the tickets were sold out up to the last full show. As for us, the ticket lady, Cathy, told us that there were still seats at the 6:40 and 7:10 showing. Something like that. We declined.
After an hour, my dad changed his mind. It was almost 5:00 PM anyway, and we were going to have an early dinner at A-Won, so he told me to get those tickets Cathy was offering us, and he and mom would just present themselves to get their tickets before the movie started. There were only three tickets left, that is, if we wanted to sit together. There were about eight or so tickets for solo viewers, so I think he changed his mind on time. Thank goodness!
When it was time to claim our tickets after dinner even the last full show was almost filled to the brim.
CRAZY RICH ASIANS, the movie.
Wow! I still have a hangover, and I wouldn't mind watching this again and again and again.
I am not certain if this is going to be trilogy, but this is the first installment, and there's at least one sequel. The next one would focus on Astrid(GEMMA CHAN). She deserves stellar attention. She had...has the best lines.
I love the script of the movie. The creative integration is very admirable. The mah jong society players were tickled pink by the mah jong scene.
The actors chosen were so apt for the role. HENRY GOLDING is so handsome and sexy. I can't believe this is his first role as an actor ever. He is known for being a travel show host. CONSTANCE WU is so beautiful and alluring. Between the two of them, she's the one with lots of movies, but I think this is her biggest break ever. They are so good to watch on screen. They are so perfect for their roles. They are very believable too.
MICHELLE YEOH has a commanding screen presence in any role she plays. My favourite part is the part where those people manning the front desk or the concierge were shooing them away when they were clearly booked for the Lancaster Suite. Those stupid people looking down on Asians like that. It was already 1995. What era did they think they were in? Argh! I could...wait, that's not such a good thing to think about. I am just glad they got their just deserts. Eleanor was very calm, and I loved how Michelle Yeoh smirked at them without making a scene.
AWKWAFINA is Goh Peik Lin, Rachel's best friend during their uni days. She is relatively rich than most Singaporeans, but not as rich as the Young family and their ilk. She's funny and savvy.
NICO SANTOS is perfect as Oliver T'sien, Nick's second cousin. He is one of the many kababayans in this movie. I love the way he depicted Ollie. He helped Peik Lin give Rachel a makeover to fight his (and the many other people who couldn't fight back) fight.
CARMEN SOO is Francesca Shaw, the daughter of one of Eleanor's cronies. Her role might be small to others eyes, but to be in what they described as the Asian Avengers, it's still pretty important.
KRIS AQUINO plays a Malaysian Princess named Intan. She has about ten minutes of exposure here.
For the rest of the very important cast members(because everyone is important) please click this for a more thorough description. I also pasted below the Wikipedia descriptions.
When I was in Singapore my host there told me when I said that the poor didn't mingle with the rich much, she said Singapore is a fair country. That the poor, the middle class, the rich and the crazy rich have equal opportunities. After reading Kevin Kwan's masterpiece, I guess she was mistaken.
If you haven't watched this movie yet, please do so. It's not just a love story. It's definitely way more than that.
Thanks a bunch for your time. All the best!
- Constance Wu as Rachel Chu,Nick’s longtime girlfriend and Kerry’s daughter
- Henry Golding as Nick Young, Rachel's longtime boyfriend and Phillip and Eleanor's son
- Michelle Yeoh as Eleanor Sung-Young, Nick's domineering mother and Phillip's wife
- Gemma Chan as Astrid Leong-Teo, Nick's cousin, Charlie's ex-fiancée and Michael's wife
- Lisa Lu as Shang Su Yi, Nick's grandmother and the matriarch of the family
- Awkwafina as Goh Peik Lin, Rachel's Singaporean college best friend and Wye Mun's daughter
- Harry Shum Jr. as Charlie Wu, Astrid's ex-fiancé
- Ken Jeong as Goh Wye Mun, Peik Lin's wealthy father
- Sonoya Mizuno as Araminta Lee, Colin's fiancée
- Chris Pang as Colin Khoo, Nick's childhood best friend and Araminta's fiancé
- Jimmy O. Yang as Bernard Tai, Carol's son and Nick and Colin's former classmate
- Ronny Chieng as Eddie Cheng, Nick and Astrid's cousin and Fiona's husband
- Remy Hii as Alistair Cheng, Eddie's brother and Nick and Astrid's cousin from Hong Kong
- Nico Santos as Oliver T'sien, Nick's second cousin
- Jing Lusi as Amanda "Mandy" Ling, Manhattan socialite and Nick's former girlfriend
- Carmen Soo as Francesca
- Constance Lau as Celine “Radio One Asia”
- Pierre Png as Michael Teo, Astrid's husband
- Fiona Xie as Kitty Pong, Alistair's girlfriend and Hong Kong "soap opera" star
- Victoria Loke as Fiona Tung-Cheng, Eddie's wife from Hong Kong and Nick's cousin-in-law
- Janice Koh as Felicity Young-Leong, Astrid's mother and Su Yi's eldest child
- Amy Cheng as Jacqueline Ling, Mandy's heiress mother and Eleanor's friend
- Koh Chieng Mun as Peik Lin's mother, Neena
- Tan Kheng Hua as Kerry Chu, Rachel's mother
- Selena Tan as Alexandra 'Alix' Young-Cheng, Su Yi's youngest child
- Kris Aquino as Princess Intan, a Malay princess
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