Having read an article about the film's writer and director Alice Wu months ago before this movie even hit theaters, I thought it seemed like a very good story. I didn't have time to find it in theaters, but I came home and find out my dad had rented it! I watched it last night and yes, this is a movie definitely worth seeing.

In one word, you could say this movie was about lesbians. But it is so much more than that. It's about finally breaking free from what your family expects of you and being true to who or what you love. Oh gosh, that sounds so cliche, doesn't it?
Anyhoo, whatever the message that you're supposed to get from this, the bottom line is that it's a darn entertaining comedy. So just watch it for the laughs, eh?

The main character is Wilhemina Pang (Michelle Krusiec) who is a surgeon, a dutiful Chinese daughter and all that and... gay. So what? Well, it seems the Chinese community are less willing to accept that your child being gay is not having somehow raised your daughter wrong or it's punishment for something you've done. Her mother, Mrs Pang (Joan Chen), is a widow and because of stupid Chinese traditions of her father, she is not allowed to remarry or be with any other man. However, this is shot to hell as everyone finds out that she is pregnant at 48. And because she won't give up the name of the father, her own father throws her out of his house. It's hilarious once Wil's mom has to move in with her since she, as a traditional Chinese woman, can't live on her own. Wil's neighbor comes over to dinner and since he happened to be black, Mrs. Pang puts out paper plates for him instead of regular dishes, "easier to throw away"... She also forbids Wil to eat so much soy sauce as she might turn darker like the black man who is drowning his dinner in soy sauce.

Wil gets awkward as her boss's daugher, Vivian Shing (Lynn Chen), tries to seduce her. They end up together, but Wil is not ready to show the outside world that she is gay. The love scene is nice; it shows a different side of Wil that she does not display to the outside world.

Anyways, I'm about to bore you enough to not see this great movie, so I'll just say that the ending is just great for Mrs. Pang. (hilarious! think May-December)

The actresses are also quite beautiful, especially Joan Chen. I've also seen Lynn Chen in something and I had mistakenly thought it was that asian teen movie, Better Luck Tomorrow, but nope. She is quite pretty. And Michelle Krusiec! No makeup or very little of it in this movie and then when I google her, completely different person with all that makeup on. I think Michelle won some prestigious award for this movie.

Apparently, Michelle has been in a lot of movies I've seen, but of course, being the token asian girl in some sort of very side role, she is always forgotten. So when are we gonna have movies where people can remember an asian actress in a movie that's not asian-oriented with an asian ensemble? (Joy Luck Club, Memoirs of a Geisha, etc...) Where are the romantic comedies that don't have just the latest white american sweethearts in the lead roles?