Billi is a Chinese born young woman living in New York, keeping regular contact with her grandmother. But when her family return home to China (ostensibly for a cousin’s wedding, but in reality to see the grandmother, whose terminal cancer is being concealed by the rest of her family), Billi decides to come too. The tension then plays out over the next few days as Billi’s cross-cultural experience, and two very different traditions of grieving, come into play.
This has been praised a lot elsewhere, but I didn’t quite get into this as much as others. I didn’t find much here beyond the bare premise – the acting is fine (Awkwafina, in particular, shows a different, less goofy side to her performances in “Crazy Rich Asians” and “Ocean’s 8”), and there’s some nice footage of contemporary China, but I wasn’t ever particularly emotionally gripped here – it all feels just a little too mild for me. I suspect mileage will vary on this one
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