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Starring: Awkwafina, Zhao Shu-zhen, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Yongbo Jiang, Aoi Mizuhara, Lu Hong and Chen Han.
A Chinese family plan a fake wedding to see their dying grandmother - who is the only one that doesn't know about her unfortunate fate.
I only watched this movie because of Awkwafina as I really like her. It was weird seeing her in an emotional drama though, she's more comedy. But that doesn't mean she didn't knock it out if the park.
I actually really enjoyed this film. It was an interesting plot.
The acting was wonderful, like I said, Awkwafina can do more than comedies. She perfectly encapsulated how someone would feel in her situation - stuck between about to cry and having to act completely fine. She did a good job.
The music surprised me. I think it matched the movie well. I really don't know how to explain it. The violin playing abruptly added a sort of humourous aspect to it despite the movie being quite sad (since the movie is a tragicomic) and just nice in general. Kind of like if Umbrella Academy met Knives Out.
I didn't mind almost the whole movie being in Mandarin, if anything it made me pay more attention otherwise I would miss what they say.
I will say it wasn't extremely funny. I mean, when it told a joke I did laugh it just didn't tell many which is still fine it's just the other tragicomic films I've seen still have me laughing a lot.
A nice watch. 7.5/10
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