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[–]begonia_skies 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Cute and sweet film. I loved it back in the day when it was released, I was in college and recently came to terms with being a lesbian, so movies like this one were really my "gay friends" since I didn't actually have any real ones, lol. I think the side plot with her mother really added depth to the storyline outside of the meet cute, get together, tension rising miscommunication/climax, and then the resolve. I loved that this was directed by an Asian-American woman and focused on the Asian-American community in NYC because lord knows their stories so rarely get told in film. I remember being really excited about this director and wanted to see more from her. Turns out it would be nearly 15 years before I would see another release from her, The Half of It, which I didn't love, but won't digress into that here, ha!

[–]Innisfree 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

All of this, except I haven't seen The Half of It. But yeah, Alice Wu is boss.

[–]begonia_skies 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You should check it out if you have Netflix. It's pretty cute, but it was a one time watch for me and there were some choices in the storyline that were... a bit weird to me. But a lot of people I know really liked it so maybe it's just me!

[–]Innisfree 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I've checked out the trailer. As per your advice, It looks sweet. I just might be a bit old for coming of age stories but I'm glad ppl out there can see themselves on screen. Diversity is important.