I have been reviewing films all my life, semi-professionally in the past and for the past 10 or 12 years on imdb and more recently in letterboxd and facebook. The idea of this blog is to get as many of those reviews gathered together in one place. I have had a great deal of support and encouragement from a lot of people throughout the world and I hope that continues. Now for the ratings. **** = not to be missed. *** = highly recommended. ** = recommended. * = of interest and no stars = avoid..
Thursday, 20 September 2018
CRAZY RICH ASIANS *
"Crazy Rich Asians" is a rom-com with a difference, the difference being
that this one is about crazy, rich Asians. It's hardly ground-breaking
while at the same time is a lot less offensive than it might have been.
Indeed it's extremely formulaic; there's nothing here you haven't seen a
hundred times before, a two-gag movie, the gags being, you guessed it;
they're rich and they're Asian. (the 'crazy' bit hardly registers). It's
nicely played by beautiful people in very opulent looking settings and
Singapore looks amazing, (I wouldn't be surprised if the Singapore
Tourist Board had paid for it all), and it's mildly amusing at best. As
Miss Brodie would say, 'For those who like this sort of thing, this is
the sort of thing they like'.
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