Crazy Rich Asians (film)
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Directed by | Jon M. Chu |
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Based on | Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan |
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Music by | Brian Tyler |
Cinematography | Vanja Cernjul |
Edited by | Myron Kerstein |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 121 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $30 million[2] |
Box office | $137.2 million[2] |
Crazy Rich Asians is a 2018 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Jon M. Chu from a screenplay by Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim. It is based on Kevin Kwan’s 2013 novel of the same name. The film stars Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Gemma Chan, Awkwafina, Nico Santos, Lisa Lu, Ken Jeong, and Michelle Yeoh, and follows a young Chinese-American woman who travels to meet her boyfriend's family and is surprised when she discovers they are among the richest in Singapore.
Crazy Rich Asians was released in the United States on August 15, 2018, by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the first film by a major Hollywood studio to feature a majority Asian American cast in a modern setting since The Joy Luck Club in 1993.[3] The film has grossed $137.2 million worldwide and received largely positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances and the production design. In August 2018 Warner Bros. said a sequel is already in development.
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Plot[edit]
In 1995, Eleanor Young arrives at the Calthorpe Hotel in London with her son Nick, sister-in-law Felicity, and Felicity's daughter, Astrid. The clerk and the manager, Reginald Ormsby, lie about not having her reservation for racist reasons. In response, Eleanor has her wealthy husband purchase the hotel.
Twenty-three years later in 2018, Rachel Chu, an economics professor at New York University (NYU) in New York City, accepts an invitation from her boyfriend Nick Young to accompany him to Singapore for his best friend Colin's wedding. Nick's mother, Eleanor, learns of the relationship from rapid online gossip. Rachel is shocked when Nick arranges a first class suite for the flight; he claims that his family is "comfortable".
In Singapore, Rachel and Nick join Colin and his fiancée Araminta for dinner in a hawker centre. The next day, Rachel visits her old school friend Peik Lin, who accompanies her to a party thrown by Nick's family. Rachel makes several faux pas and quickly realizes that Eleanor dislikes her, but seems to make a good impression on Nick's grandmother.
Rachel attends Araminta's bachelorette party at a resort owned by her family, while Nick attends Colin's bachelor party aboard a container ship arranged by their boorish schoolmate Bernard. A woman named Amanda seemingly befriends Rachel, but deliberately undermines Rachel's confidence before revealing that she had previously dated Nick. Some of the women defile Rachel's bed with a dead fish and a message calling her a "gold digging bitch". Nick's cousin Astrid comforts Rachel, admitting that her life is not perfect either, as her husband Michael is having an affair. When Nick and Colin flee the ship to relax, Nick tells Colin he plans to propose to Rachel. Colin is concerned that Nick's family's disapproval and the couple's cultural differences will be insurmountable.

Nick apologizes to Rachel for concealing his wealth and takes her to make dumplings by hand with his family. Rachel admires Eleanor's distinctive engagement ring; Eleanor tells her that Nick's grandmother disapproved of Eleanor and denied Nick's father the family ring, and says Rachel she will never be good enough for Nick. Rachel considers leaving Singapore, but Peik Lin convinces her to stand up to Eleanor, giving Rachel a glamorous makeover before the wedding with help from Nick's cousin Oliver. Meanwhile, Astrid tells Michael she knows he is cheating on her, and they break up.
Rachel outmaneuvers Eleanor at the wedding by impressing Malay Princess Intan. At the reception, Nick's mother and grandmother reveal to Rachel and Nick that Rachel was conceived through an adulterous affair, after which Rachel’s mother, Kerry, abandoned her husband. They forbid Nick from seeing Rachel for fear of their family getting involved in a scandal. Rachel runs away, and Nick chases after her, though his grandmother threatens to disown him.
Rachel goes to stay with Peik Lin. Kerry arrives in Singapore and explains that her husband had been abusive. She became pregnant by an old classmate while still married, and left China, never contacting Rachel's real father for fear of her husband's reprisal. She reveals that Nick asked Kerry to visit, and urges Rachel to see him. When they meet up, Nick proposes.
Rachel asks Eleanor to meet her at a Mahjong parlour. Over a game, Rachel tells Eleanor that she declined Nick's proposal, but notes that any future marriage Nick has with Eleanor's approval will only be possible because Rachel allowed it. Rachel reveals that she discarded a winning Mahjong hand in a metaphor for the conversation, before walking away with Kerry.
Eleanor visits Nick, and Astrid moves out of Michael's apartment with their son. Rachel and Kerry board an economy flight home. Nick arrives and proposes again – this time, with Eleanor's ring. Rachel accepts and they stay in Singapore an extra day for an engagement party. At the party, Eleanor and Rachel acknowledge each other.
In a mid-credit scene, Astrid exchanges flirtatious glances with her ex-fiancé, Charlie Wu.
Cast[edit]
- Constance Wu as Rachel Chu,[4] Nick’s girlfriend and Kerry’s daughter
- Henry Golding as Nick Young, Rachel's boyfriend and Phillip and Eleanor's son[5][6]
- Michelle Yeoh as Eleanor Sung-Young, Nick's domineering mother and Phillip's wife[7]
- Gemma Chan as Astrid Leong-Teo, Nick's cousin and Michael's wife[8]
- 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[9]
- Harry Shum Jr. as Charlie Wu, Astrid's ex-fiancé[10]
- Ken Jeong as Goh Wye Mun, Peik Lin's wealthy father[11]
- Sonoya Mizuno as Araminta Lee, Colin's fiancée[12]
- Chris Pang as Colin Khoo, Nick's childhood best friend and Araminta's fiancé[13]
- Jimmy O. Yang as Bernard Tai, Carol's son and Nick and Colin's former classmate[14]
- Ronny Chieng as Eddie Cheng, Nick and Astrid's cousin and Fiona's husband[14]
- 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
Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan has a cameo appearance during the "Radio one Asia" sequence. Harry Shum Jr. makes a brief appearance as Astrid's ex-fiancé,[15] a handsome man who catches Astrid's eye during the final moments of the film.
Production[edit]
Pre-production[edit]
Kevin Kwan published his comedic novel Crazy Rich Asians on June 11, 2013. one of the first producers to reach out to Kwan was Wendi Deng, who had read an advance copy of the novel provided by Graydon Carter.[16][17] Another of the producers who was initially interested in the project proposed whitewashing the role of heroine Rachel Chu by casting a Caucasian actress,[18] prompting Kwan to option the rights to the film for just $1 in exchange for a continuing role for creative and development decisions.[16][19] In August 2013, producer Nina Jacobson acquired rights to adapt the novel into a film. Jacobson and her partner Brad Simpson intended to produce under their production banner Color Force, with Bryan Unkeless developing the project. Their initial plan was to produce the film adaptation outside the studio system and to structure financing for development and production from Asia and other territories outside the United States.[20][21] The freedom created by eschewing the typical funding structure would enable an all-Asian cast. Jacobson stated "Getting something in development and even getting some upfront money is an easy way to not ever see your movie get made."[16]

In 2014, the US-based Asian film investment group Ivanhoe Pictures partnered with Jacobson to finance and produce Crazy Rich Asians.[22] John Penotti, president of Ivanhoe, stated "For us, the book fell in our lap kind of like, ‘This is why we’re doing the company.’ Unlike the Hollywood second-guessing, ‘Oh my God, will this work? We don’t know. It’s all Asian,’ it was exactly the opposite for us: 'That’s exactly why it will work.'"[16]
Screenwriters Adele Lim and Peter Chiarelli were hired to write the screenplay before a director was brought on board.[17] Chiarelli was credited with focusing the plot on the dynamic between Eleanor, Rachel, and Nick. Lim, who was born in Malaysia, added specific cultural details and developed Eleanor's character.[16] Director Jon M. Chu entered negotiations with Color Force and Ivanhoe Pictures in May 2016 to direct the film adaptation.[23] He was hired after giving executives a visual presentation about his experience as a first-generation Asian-American. Chu was actually mentioned obliquely in the source novel as Kwan was friends with Chu's cousin Vivian.[16]
In October 2016, Warner Bros. Pictures acquired the distribution rights to the project after what Variety called a "heated" bidding war.[24] Netflix reportedly fervently sought worldwide rights to the project, offering "artistic freedom, a greenlighted trilogy and huge, seven-figure-minimum paydays for each stakeholder, upfront". However, Kwan and Chu selected Warner for the cultural impact of a wide theatrical release.[16][17]
— Constance Wu, correspondence to Jon M. Chu (2016)[16]
Although she had initially auditioned for the role of Rachel in mid-2016, Constance Wu could not accept due to a conflict with her work on Fresh Off the Boat. However, Wu wrote to Chu explaining her connection with Rachel's character, and convinced him to push back the production schedule by four months.[16] Production was slated to begin in April 2017 in Singapore and Malaysia.[8][25][26]
Casting[edit]
After Wu was chosen to play the lead Rachel Chu,[4] newcomer Henry Golding was cast to play the male lead Nick Young.[5] Michelle Yeoh joined the cast as Eleanor Young, Nick's mother, in March 2017.[27] Rounding out the supporting cast is Gemma Chan as Nick's cousin Astrid Leong and Sonoya Mizuno as Araminta Lee.[12] Wu, Yeoh, and Chan were part of director Chu's "dream casting sheet" before casting was confirmed, along with Ronny Chieng and Jimmy O. Yang.[17] on April 18, 2017, Filipina actress Kris Aquino was cast in a cameo role.[28] on May 12, it was announced that Ken Jeong had joined the cast.[29] Although Jeong had a minor role involving less than a week of filming, he stated "It's just something I wanted to be part of. It's about wanting to be part of something monumental. Something that’s bigger than me. I'm so giddy I'm part of this, I can't even tell you."[16]
The film's casting prior to release was met with both praise—in the U.S. for its all-Asian cast—and criticism for its lack of Asian ethnic diversity, based on issues ranging from non-Chinese actors (Golding and Mizuno) playing Chinese roles; the film's ethnic Chinese and East Asian predominance as being poorly representative of Singapore; and as being a perpetuation of existing Chinese dominance in its media and pop culture.[30]
Non-Chinese lead actors[edit]
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Also, there’s more consciousness now of putting Asian actors in specific roles. They want someone ethnically Chinese to play Mulan, which I appreciate, but it’s cutting into my roles as well. You have actors who can play Australian, British, Irish, but Asian, it’s very specific. It’s a double-edged sword. I really, really wanted a role in “Crazy Rich Asians,” but they wanted someone who’s ethnically Chinese. I love Jon [Chu, director of “Crazy Rich Asians”], but I get they wanted Chinese actors. — Jamie Chung, CBS interview published Apr 24, 2017[31] | I’ve lived 16, 17 years of my life in Asia, and that’s most of my life. I was born in Asia, I’ve lived cultures that are synonymous with Asian culture, but it’s still not Asian enough for some people. Where are the boundaries? Where are the lines drawn for saying that you cannot play this character because you’re not fully Asian? — Henry Golding, Time interview published Nov 2, 2017[32] |
The reason it bothers me is because people don’t have an issue with Australian actors playing American parts and English actors playing Polish parts. I don’t have an issue with Margot Robbie playing those parts because she’s terrific and she’s the right person. So why can’t an Asian person play an Asian part? It doesn’t match up. — Sonoya Mizuno, The Cut interview published Aug 2018[33] | |
Hollywood thinks that one drop of Asian blood makes a person "Asian" or at least "Asian enough"; this is why it has cast Eurasians such as Henry Golding and Sonoya Mizuno as Nick Young and Araminta Lee, both of whom are ethnic Chinese characters...Using a Eurasian leading man in a romantic comedy solves a lot of cross-border marketing problems—Golding's ethnically ambiguous face on a movie poster simply works, from Bangkok to Beijing, from Taipei to Tokyo, and maybe Toronto. — John Lui, Straits Times published Apr 26, 2017[34] | |
I don't like those comments. It's small-minded...What I realized growing up [with half-Asian cousins] is that when you're a halfie, you deal with identity struggle. You feel rejected from both worlds, and even I feel it as a half-Chinese half-Korean...If they had casted Emma Stone as Nick Young, that's bad. But Henry has worked in Singapore, he's from Malaysia and I think he's so authentically Nick. For this specific film, this shouldn't even be an issue. — Awkwafina, Huffington Post interview published Dec 1, 2017[35] |
The casting of biracial actors Henry Golding, who is of Malaysian Iban and English descent, and Sonoya Mizumo, who is Japanese, Argentinian and British, as the Chinese Singaporean characters Nick Young and Araminta Lee, respectively, was highly controversial, especially in the case of the former. Korean American actress Jamie Chung, who had auditioned for a role but was turned down allegedly for not being "ethnically Chinese", responded to a question about Golding's casting with "That is some bullshit. Where do you draw the line to be ethnically conscious? But there's so many loopholes..." in an interview published on April 24, 2017.[31] Chung's remarks were met with backlash on social media, with some accusing her of being bigoted against Eurasians, while another felt her comments were hypocritical as she had previously played Mulan, an ethnic Chinese character, in the television series Once Upon a Time.[36] Chung apologized to Golding for her comments.[37][38]
Golding initially called the criticism towards his casting "quite hurtful",[32] but was later more open towards criticism, as he felt that "there should be a conversation about it"[39] while Mizuno said that the controversy "pissed [her] off".[33] Several of Golding's costars also defended his casting, with Ronny Chieng declaring that Golding was "more Malaysian than most Malaysians"[40] while Awkwafina jokingly stated it would have been bad only if the producers had cast Emma Stone as Nick, referring to the 2015 film Aloha.[35]
Sociologist and author Nancy Wang Yuen defended the casting as well and stated that criticism of the movie’s casting point to deeper issues of racial purity. By deeming Golding "not Asian enough", detractors were choosing to ignore his Asian heritage. Yuen contrasted Golding's situation to the public perception of former U.S. President Barack Obama, who is also biracial. She noted how "the world sees President Obama as black, but his mother is white" and called out the double standard in "[erasing] Golding's Asian ancestry while obliterating Obama's white ancestry."[41]
The casting of Nick Young, Golding's eventual role, had been initially challenging for the filmmakers, as director Jon M. Chu was reportedly unsatisfied with the preliminary finalists from Los Angeles and China.[17] After receiving a tip from his accountant Lisa-Kim Kuan[42], Chu began actively pursing Golding for the role of Nick.[43] Chu has since defended his decision to cast Golding and later acknowledged:
“ | I realized that I was only getting angry at the people who felt that they had been burned. They were people like me who had watched Hollywood whitewash things, and watched roles go away because someone said an Asian man can’t be the lead of this or that.[3] | ” |
John Lui, an ethnic Chinese Singaporean reporter for The Straits Times, criticized the casting, opining that a single drop of Asian blood was enough for Hollywood, who was motivated to cast Golding (an "ethnically ambiguous face") because of his appeal to a wide variety of audiences. Lui tempered his criticism, stating "it is wrong to sort actors into 'Asian' and 'not Asian enough' piles".[34] The castings of other non-Chinese and multiracial actors as ethnic Chinese characters, such as actor Remy Hii, an Australian of Chinese-Malaysian and English descent, Filipino American Nico Santos and Korean Americans Awkwafina and Ken Jeong, generated little or no controversy from critics compared to Golding and Mizuno.
Chinese casting predominance[edit]
In contrast to those asking for Chinese or East Asian actors to fill its roles, others, particularly those in Asian countries, expressed disappointment in the film's lack of ethnic South and Southeast Asians, who are prominent in Singapore.[44][45] Kirsten Han, a Singaporean freelance writer, said that it "obscur[ed] the Malay, Indian, and Eurasian (and more) populations who make the country the culturally rich and unique place that it is."[46] Many were critical towards the omission of the country's Malays and Indians—the second and third largest ethnic groups in Singapore, respectively—thus not representing its multiracial population accurately.[47] As Han points out:
“ | [The film is] touted as a win for representation in the U.S. because of its stated goal to have an all-Asian cast, but the focus is specifically on characters and faces of East Asian descent...Ironically, in Singapore, [director] Chu’s all-Asian boast is nothing more than a perpetuation of the existing Chinese dominance in mainstream media and pop culture.[46] | ” |
Ian Chong, a political scientist at the National University of Singapore, noted "It represents the worst of Singapore. Erases minorities. Erases the poor and marginalized. All you get are rich, privileged ethnic Chinese."[45] Alfian Sa'at, a Malay Singaporean poet and playwright, commented on the film's title, referring to it as "Crazy Rich EAST Asians", and adding "Does a win for representation mean replacing white people with white people wannabes[?]"[47] Referring to Kwan's book, one commenter noted "The book is aware of its lack of minority representation [and] actually alludes to the closed minded attitude of some social circles in Singapore. one of the family members got disowned for marrying a Malay."[47]
Photography[edit]

Principal photography began on April 24, 2017[48] and completed on June 23.[49] The film was shot at locations in Kuala Lumpur, Langkawi and Penang, Malaysia, and in Singapore.[50][51] Production design is credited to Nelson Coates.[52] The ancestral Young family home, set at Tyersall Park in Singapore, was actually filmed at two abandoned mansions that make up Carcosa Seri Negara within the Perdana Botanical Gardens of Kuala Lumpur.[53] Interior scenes were filmed at one building, and the exterior scenes were filmed at another; they had originally been built as residences for the British High Commissioner to Malaya in the early 20th century,[53] and were recently used as a boutique hotel until it closed in 2015.[54] The Carcosa Seri Negara buildings, owned by the Malaysian government, were then abandoned; as found in 2017, they were in disrepair and "filled with monkey feces".[55][56] The set designers were inspired to decorate the interior set in the Peranakan style. Kevin Kwan, who was born in Singapore and lived with his paternal grandparents before moving to the United States, contributed vintage family photographs for the set.[56] The set designers removed carpets, painted the floors to look like tiles, and commissioned local artists to create murals. The stuffed tiger in the foyer was a simulacrum created from foam and fur in Thailand; customs inspectors delayed the shipment because they thought it was an actual taxidermied animal.[55]
The opening urban scenes set in the West Village were shot in Kuala Lumpur and Penang.[56] Singapore Airlines was asked to participate in exchange for product placement, but declined as "they were not sure the movie would represent the airline and their customer[s] in a good light", according to producer Brad Simpson, leading to the creation of the fictional Pacific Asean Airlines for the film.[52] After Nick asks Rachel to travel with him to Araminta and Colin's wedding, rumors about his mystery girlfriend soon reach Eleanor at a bible study session, filmed in the private residence Be-landa House in Kuala Lumpur.[57][58] The scenes where Rachel and Nick arrive at Changi Airport and are then whisked away to Newton Food Centre were shot on location.[51][54][59] After settling in, Rachel and Nick stay at a luxury hotel (scenes were shot at the Raffles Hotel) instead of the ancestral Young estate at Tyersall.[51][60] Astrid's character is introduced by showing her shopping for jewelry at an exclusive designer; the shop was created by redecorating the Astor Bar at the St. Regis Hotel in Kuala Lumpur.[55] The Goh family lives in an actual residence off Cluny Park in Singapore, although the set decorators were responsible for the excessive gilding and pillars.[54][61]

Colin and Nick escape the party barge (the set was in a parking lot in Malaysia, and a container ship was rented for exterior shots)[51][55] to relax on Sentosa Island, and the bachelorette party takes place at the Four Seasons on Langkawi.[59] After Eleanor intimidates Rachel at the dumpling party, she is cheered up by Peik Lin at the restaurant Humpback on Bukit Pasoh Road.[51][54][60] The wedding of Araminta and Colin was shot at CHIJMES, a former convent in Singapore built in the 19th century.[51][56][59] After the wedding, the reception is held in the Supertree Grove at Gardens by the Bay.[51][59] Rachel agrees to meet Nick at Merlion Park (also filmed at Esplanade Park) before she returns to New York.[59][62] Eleanor strides through archways in Ann Siang Hill near Singapore's Chinatown[62] before arriving for the mahjong showdown with Rachel, which was filmed at the Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion in Penang after it was redecorated as a mahjong parlour.[54][59] A late scene featuring Nick and Rachel was filmed inside a twin-aisle jet parked at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.[63] The film's closing scenes are set at the Marina Bay Sands.[59]

The film was shot by Vanja Černjul using Panasonic VariCam PURE cameras equipped with anamorphic lenses.[64]
Costumes[edit]
Costume design was handled by Mary Vogt with Andrea Wong serving as a consultant and senior costume buyer.[65] They used dresses and suits from fashion designers such as Ralph Lauren, Elie Saab, Dolce & Gabbana, Valentino, and Dior;[66][67] many of the brands were eager to have their clothes shown off in the film.[65] Looks were influenced by other movies cited by director Jon Chu, including The Wizard of Oz, Cinderella, and In the Mood for Love.[66] 30 makeup artists were on set to help the actors, who were filming scenes in conditions of high heat and humidity while wearing formal clothing.[68]
Prior to traveling to Malaysia and Singapore, Vogt received help from Kwan, who shared vintage family photographs to explain how the old-money society in Singapore "was very classy, very elegant",[65][67] contrasting with the new-money Goh family, who are "just flinging it around, wanting to show it [off]".[66] Andrea Wong pointed Vogt to designers around Kuala Lumpur, who contributed not only clothes but also insight into local high-society fashions.[65] Kwan, who had worked as a design consultant before writing the novel, relied on people he knew working in the fashion industry to bring in clothes for the film.[65]
In an early scene, Astrid gifts a watch to her husband Michael; it is a "Paul Newman" Rolex Daytona loaned following a request from Kwan for the filming.[68][69] Yeoh used her friendships with wealthy Singaporean and Hong Kong tai tais to help shape final wardrobe choices, and loaned pieces from her personal jewelry collection, including the distinctive emerald engagement ring.[63][65][70] Kwan and director Chu insisted that all the pieces worn by the Young family must be real; the orchid brooch worn by Su Yi (Ah Ma) at the wedding and a belt buckle for Eleanor (also originally a brooch, but used to make the dress fit Yeoh) were designed by Michelle ong and loaned from Carnet.[66][69] Some of the other jewelry pieces, including Astrid's pearl earrings, were loaned from Mouawad, and guards were employed to protect the jewelry,[55][66] which sometimes dictated the filming.[52] The extras who attended the wedding reception were drawn from the Peranakan Association, a historical society, and were asked to wear their own vintage formal clothing to add local flavor to the party.[55][67]
Music[edit]
During the production process, Chu and music supervisor Gabe Hilfer assembled a list of hundreds of songs about money, including songs by Kanye West ("Gold Digger"), Hall & Oates ("Rich Girl"), the Notorious B.I.G. ("Mo Money Mo Problems"), Lady Gaga ("Money Honey"), and Barrett Strong ("Money (That's What I Want)").[71][72] Seeking to create a multilingual soundtrack, Chu and Hilfer compiled Chinese songs from the 1950s and 1960s by Ge Lan (Grace Chan) and Yao Lee, as well as contemporary songs, then searched through YouTube videos for singers fluent in Mandarin Chinese to provide cover versions of songs.[71] The film's soundtrack album and score album, by Brian Tyler, were both released on August 10, 2018 through WaterTower Music.[73]
Release[edit]
Crazy Rich Asians was released in theaters on August 15, 2018, after previously having been scheduled for August 17.[74] An early screening was held in April 2018 at the Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, garnering strong emotional reactions from the audience; other advance screenings were held in San Francisco, Washington D.C., and New York City.[17] The film premiered on August 7, 2018 at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.[75] The social media hashtag #GoldOpen was used to bring attention to the film.[76]
As with other films, the release date varies by location. The film was released in Singapore on August 22, 2018,[77] and is scheduled for a later release in parts of Europe, although the planned November 2018 U.K. release date was pulled forward to September 14, 2018.[78][79]
Reception[edit]
Box office[edit]
As of September 3, 2018[update], Crazy Rich Asians has grossed $117.3 million in the United States and Canada, and $19.9 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $137.2 million, against a production budget of $30 million.[2]
Three weeks before its United States and Canada release, Crazy Rich Asians was projected to gross $18–20 million during its five-day opening weekend.[80] By the week of its release, estimates had reached $26–30 million, with Fandango reporting pre-sale tickets were outpacing Girls Trip (which debuted to $31.2 million in July 2017).[81][82] The film held special advance screenings on August 8, 2018, and made an estimated $450,000–500,000, selling out most of its 354 theaters.[83] It then took in $5 million on its first day and $3.8 million on its second. It went on to gross $26.5 million in its opening weekend, for a five-day total of $35.2 million, finishing first at the box office. 38% of its audience was of Asian descent, which was the highest Asian makeup for a film in U.S. in the previous three years (besting The Foreigner's 18.4% in 2017).[84] In its second weekend the film made $24.8 million, a box office drop of just 6%, which Deadline Hollywood called "unbelievable."[85][86] The film continued to play well in its third weekend, making $22 million (a drop of just 10% from the previous week) and remaining in first.[87][88]
Critical response[edit]
On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 93% based on 220 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "With a terrific cast and a surfeit of visual razzle dazzle, Crazy Rich Asians takes a satisfying step forward for screen representation while deftly drawing inspiration from the classic—and still effective—rom-com formula."[89] on Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the film has a weighted average score of 74 out of 100, based on 47 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews."[90] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it an 85% positive score and a 65% "definite recommend".[84]
Joe Morgenstern, writing for The Wall Street Journal, found the film to be "Bright, buoyant, and hilarious," making special note of the large number of quality performances from the cast members stating: "...And anyone with a sense of movie history will be moved by the marvelous Ms. Yeoh, who was so memorable as the love-starved fighter in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and by 91-year-old Lisa Lu, who plays Nick’s grandmother and the matriarch of his family. Anyone, in this case, means anyone. Crazy Rich Asians includes us all".[91]
TIME magazine published an extended cultural review of the film by Karen Ho which compared the high fashion appeal of the film to rival the best which was offered by previous films such as The Devil Wears Prada. Ho's review summarizes the film's success as a notable uphill battle against the season's predominantly superhero oriented audiences stating: "To many in Hollywood, Crazy Rich Asians might look like a risky bet. It's the first modern story with an all-Asian cast and an Asian-American lead in 25 years; the last Joy Luck Club, was in 1993. It's an earnest romantic comedy in a sea of action and superhero films... In fact, it seems destined to be a hit."[92]
Justin Chang in a review for the L.A. Times found the film worthy of comparison to other notable films using an Asian ensemble cast including Memoirs of a Geisha, Letters from Iwo Jima, and The Joy Luck Club. Chang found the supporting cast performance of Michelle Yeoh to be exceptional stating: "...you can't help but hang on Eleanor's (Michelle Yeoh's) every word. In a crisp, authoritative, sometimes startlingly vulnerable performance that never lapses into dragon-lady stereotype, Yeoh brilliantly articulates the unique relationship between Asian parents and their children, the intricate chain of love, guilt, devotion and sacrifice that binds them for eternity".[93]
In his review for the N.Y. Times, A. O. Scott indicates that the film's appeal surpasses contemporary social mores dealing with wealth and touches on themes examined in the literature of "endless luxury" over the centuries stating that this is "...part of the film’s sly and appealing old-fashionedness. Without betraying any overt nostalgia, Crazy Rich Asians casts a fond eye backward as well as Eastward, conjuring a world defined by hierarchies and prescribed roles in a way that evokes classic novels and films. Its keenest romantic impulse has less to do with Nick and Rachel’s rather pedestrian love story than with the allure of endless luxury and dynastic authority. Which I guess is pretty modern after all".[94]
Scott Mendelson writing for Forbes found the film to be below average and to have an uneven plot line with contrived humor similar to his opinion of the 2002 film My Big Fat Greek Wedding stating: "Without having read the book, I might argue that the core flaw of Crazy Rich Asians is that it’s so determined to be the Asian-American version of the conventional Hollywood romantic comedy that it becomes a deeply conventional romantic comedy, complete with the bad, the good and the generic tropes. It’s well-acted and offers plenty of cultural specificity, but the supporting characters are thin and the need to be universal hobbles its drama".[95] The film was criticized for using British English and American over that of Singeaporean English, as well as the lack of non-Chinese Asians.[96][97][34]
Sequel[edit]
Director Chu said he would be eager to direct a sequel if the first film was a success. "We have lots of plans if the audience shows up. We have more stories to tell. We have other stories outside of the Crazy Rich Asians world that are ready to be told too from filmmakers and storytellers who haven't had their stories told yet."[75]
On August 22, 2018, following the film's strong opening, Warner Bros. Pictures confirmed a sequel was in development, with Chiarelli and Lim returning to write the script, based on the book's sequel, China Rich Girlfriend. Chu and actors Wu, Golding, and Yeoh all also have options for a sequel,[92][98] although several of the key actors are committed to other projects until 2020.[99]
See also[edit]
- Chinese in New York City
- Overseas Chinese
- Chinese Singaporeans
- Flower Drum Song, the 1961 film cited as the first with a majority Asian cast set contemporaneously, which was also adapted from a novel.[100]
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