The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 98% of the 4,443 2010s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Metacritic89/100
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
1,584 audience votes
Key crew
- Lulu WangWriter
- Lulu WangDirector
- Alex WestonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- AwkwafinaBilli
- Zhao ShuzhenNai Nai
- Hong LuLittle Nai Nai
- Hong LinDoctor Wu
- Tzi MaHaiyan
- Lin Xiao JieLu Jian
- Yang XuejianMr. Li
- Becca KhalilShirley
- Jiang YongboUncle Haibin
- Chen HanHao Hao
- Aoi MizuharaAiko
- Li XiangAunty Ling
Stills
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Themes
grandparent grandchild relationshipfamily relationshipsweddingrelationshipeast asian leadfamily reuniongrandmotherchinese americanfamily gatheringethical dilemmawoman directorlung cancer
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