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A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%, Metacritic 81/100. Scores higher than 96% of the 1,446 1990s comedy movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic81/100
304 audience votes
Key crew
- Ang LeeDirector
- MaderOriginal Music Composer
- Ang LeeWriter
- Neil PengWriter
- James SchamusWriter
Cast
- Gua Ah-lehMrs. Gao
- Lung SihungMr. Gao
- May ChinGu Wei-Wei
- Winston ChaoGao Wai-Tung
- Mitchell LichtensteinSimon
- Vanessa YangMao Mei
- Dion BirneyAndrew
- Jeanne Kuo ChangWai-Tung's Secretary
- Michael GastonJustice of the Peace
- Neal HuffSteve
- Mason LeeBaby
- John NathanJoe
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Themes
coming outnew york citysecret lovehusband wife relationshipparent child relationshipwedding nightmarriage of convenienceinterracial relationshipmale homosexualityman pretending to be straightweddingfamily
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