<em>Crazy Rich Asians</em> Is a Breath of Fresh Air
Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of the bestselling novel is both a step forward for Hollywood and a throwback to the classic high-society comedy.
The Young family of are, for lack of a better word, quite wealthy. They’re well-off. One might say they have oodles of money. There’s no ignoring the obvious here—the Youngs are absurdly rich, to the point where merely being close to them is exciting enough to serve as the premise of a major summer movie. Though is rightly being lauded for its groundbreaking nature (as the first studio film with an Asian cast set in the present-day since 1993’s), it’s also a charming throwback to the kind of story Hollywood doesn’t tell much anymore: the high-society comedy, rife with family drama, acidic one-liners, and indomitable female characters.
