The read
Scores higher than 93% of the 2,359 2000s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Metacritic65/100
275 audience votes
Key crew
- Alice WuDirector
- Alice WuWriter
- Anton SankoOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Joan ChenMa
- Michelle KrusiecWil
- Lynn ChenVivian
- Jin WangGrandpa
- Guang Lan KohGrandma
- Ato EssandohJay
- Nathanel GengMr. Cho
- Mao ZhaoOld Yu
- Brian YangLittle Yu
- Louyong WongDr. Shing
- Qian LuoMrs. Shing
- Jessica HechtHospital Co-Worker
Stills
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Themes
coming outhomophobiachinese womanlesbian relationshipcultural differencedatinglgbtchinese americancultural conflictwoman directorintersectionalitymother daughter relationship