In the Mahjong game, she revealed her cards to show that she had a winning hand and couldve won but she gave it up so Eleanor could win in the same way she was willing to give up her relationship with Nick but telling Eleanor she only won because Rachel let her. I gasped in the theater, like the power move. UNPARALLELED
@@lexihon8318 this clicked in my head, but not the part where Rachel let Eleanor win. Bet other non mahjong players like me left the cinema thinking Rachel astounded Eleanor in that scene by winning
i had tears ROLLING down my face... the way she felt like his family didn't accept her, and yet they looked at each other with such love... the way he was so nice to the kids... looking at how happy his best friend and his bride are, while thinking about how astrid must've looked at her husband in the way at some point, only for him to do that to her... I was so overwhelmed, literally tears of both happiness and sadness at the same time, I was NOT okay lol
The POWER that the women in this movie hold is everything. Like Astrids transformation? Everything. Rachel knowing that her worthy isn’t based on nicks mother’s approval? Iconic. Awkwafinas character literally being Rachel’s ride or die no matter what? Goals. AND THAT WEDDING SCENE?! ARE YOU KIDDING?!?!?! EXPECTATIONS ARE THROUGH THE ROOF
Astrid: “it's not my job to make you feel like a man." Damn 1 sec later: "I can't make you something you're not." OH SHIT THIS MAN SHOULD GO INTO HIDING
The thing about Asian culture is that we tend to prioritize family over personal needs. In here, people see individuality as more of a western concept. For Asians, filial duties come before anything else, and familial ties are usually strong. Asians usually sacrifice personal dreams and ambition in favor of providing for the family, or basically just for the family’s better interest. Since we belong in such a tight-knit unit, our individual actions may reflect upon the household and affect our reputation amongst peers and communities. So we have to be careful about the choices we make too! Hope this was helpful on why the movie focused so much on filial piety and tradition!
I am not Asian , I am European but I can relate. I live in Albania , and Albanians are very connected to their familys. We're located in Europe but our moral codes are more similiar to Asia. I think it's because of the Ottoman conquering 😅
You explained this so well. My Entire life right there. Watch was you Say, Do and Carry yourself at all times; Even at home that’s how I’ve got to live my life for other peoples benefit and I honestly find it so exhausting and hopeless. But hey that’s life
And the people, who the film's representing here, who are still mad about this film needs to, ALSO, give applause to everyone involved in the creation of said wedding.
The mahjong scene is actually pretty symbolic. There’s a whole article about it when this movie was released. Long story short, Rachel let Eleanor win a small hand when she could’ve won a bigger one. Basically telling Eleanor she won in this whole drama because of her.
the majong scene was super good, which was kinda weird since the rest of the movie was like, nice, but not amazing for me. that scene felt like it came out of a completely different movie or something lol
@@ellwhitworth7318 Probably feels that way bc that scene isn't in the book. I forget how it resolves, but Eleanor was way more cartoonishly evil in the book
@@hyuuganatsume2621 the wedding place is a church in Singapore. The house some scenes were taken in Malaysia cos real estate in Singapore that size is too out of the budget of the movie lol.
@@urinternetmomash bestie i have a request to make. Pls do a blind (dont watch it b4 if u havnt ) video commentary on alexstrangelove miss m'am i would looveee to see that.
Okay, the entire cast is stunning, but Colin’s down-to-earth, earnest cleverness and his intuition about Rachel and that whole scenario... A good man. Astrid and Colin are my faves.
BRUH I was literally thinking how what I feel when I watch them a re so similar! This is my first vid of her and she's making me laugh out loud all over the place just like dylan XD. They're so unapologetically genuine I love it.
Apparently Harry Shum Jr had a bigger role in this movie but they decided to cut pretty much all his scenes and focus on Nick and Rachel's relationship in this movie, leaving his future relationship with Astrid for the sequel
now that makes a lot of sense because I remember him talking about the movie before it came out a lot so I fully expected him to be one of the main characters and the whole time I was like “... where is he??”
Astrid is superior honestly, we stan. Rachel had no bad looks in this movie, she is just stunninf and I cannot. This is my sister's favourite romantic movie, so I've had to watch it many times with her and the wedding scene still gives me chills and you can literally feel the love that the director poured into this movie and if I don't get a sequel?
We should get a sequel within this year. China Rich Girlfriend (2nd book) should switch focus on Astrid, Rachel's past, and Nick's dad since he was absent in the first movie.
@@urinternetmomash jsksj yeah you do you better watch ur words mom. Also I feel like u just said something about him not too long ago it might have been me watching an older vid thou
@@urinternetmomash omg i think about this all the time, "how is Ashley ever going to be able to say anything about him ever again now that he's a sub?"
The Mahjong scene was basically Rachel revealing that she could have won but decided not to. In both situations, the mother only won because Rachel let her and she wanted to remind the mother of that. Also the dress she was wearing is a traditional clothing for Chinese women called Cheongsam
Mike Chang's character is basically Astrid's ex fiance in the books. They didn't work out back then because their families were basically forcing them to break up. But now with her separation from her husband, old feelings return and they are set to rekindle something...... if the next movie ever gets made 🙃
@@KoolKukumber His real name is Harry Shum jr. I just used Mike Chang because the person in the reaction knew him as Mike Chang. I worried she'd be confused so I used Mike Chang 😂
Hi, small change to what you said 😊 They weren’t being forced together but actually their families (or we’ll just Astrid’s really) were not supportive of them being together back then
She and Araminta are such kind hearts. I LOVED how we first meet Minty all dressed down, totally blending in with everyone, and it endears you to her that she’s not a snob.
Rachel and the mother in law were playing mahjong, they were both waiting to win on the same tile. (Rachel is a statistics professor so she could probably tell). So when she was holding the 8 tile and discarded it, it was symbolic of Rachel being able to ‘win’ Nick from her but she chose not to and instead gives the mother in law the winning tile. Hence why when she shows her hand at the end she’s telling her that this is her choice to back out. Also the pronunciation of 8 means “rich” in Chinese so I think that’s another nod at Nick’s family wealth.
13:58 - In real life, that woman in the yellow dress comes from a crazy rich Asian family. Her name is Kris Aquino and her entire family is full of drama and their loaded just like the movie. Her father was assassinated, her mother became a president, her brother became a president, she's got controversies of her own, etc.
The Mahjong scene is always my favorite in this movie. Beyond her having a winning hand but not "taking it", it's kind of a culmination of her realizing her self-worth. Alongside that, there are also touches such as her seated in the "West" position, while Eleanor is to the East. Rachel also discards the precise tile that she knew Eleanor needed to win (in Mahjong you take turns discarded and pulling new tiles from the center). Also I didn't connect this at first but my friend pointed out that she was a game theory professor who had been teaching students at the beginning of the movie to play "to win" and never "not to lose", using poker (kinda a western parallel to mahjong). It kind of nicely parallels the end scene where she was playing to win, and she had the winning hand, but she chose not to play it. Just get chills every time I rewatch that part haha.
Love the small details! Like when she was asked for the first class airline and said “we’re economy people” because she is a professor of economy, i was like ooh… subtle
I actually love that they included someone shaming on K-Pop girls because it is actually very true (they do that, mostly my Asian parents). I have also been told about how useless me stanning Kpop by my parents and I think that just adds to the realness of this movie. Sorry if I have a bad english or grammar, english is my third language.
Yeah…but I wonder if that was even true or not tbh. I think they just didn’t have anywhere to put her character. But the whole “not Asian enough” thing idkkkk something is a lil fishy about that because that was one of the main points, just like you said, of the movie about Rachael lol, and sometimes a lot of ppl can come up with anything to make drama headlines. I guess we’ll never truly know. The movie still sold and won an award so eh🤷🏽♀️😂
In the screencap that Ash showed the director denied that he ever said or implied anything like that. Anyway, there are mixed race actors in the movie including the leading man. It appeared that they had no problem with hiring mixed people and Brenda didn't have any proof to support her side of the story.
It's such a popular meme though, as well as others from her videos. Quite a lot of people use hers and other black women's because they are kind of the foundation of this generation's comedy. But I guess what you said is valid.
@@MaiDay01 😂 telling you that there are loads of black women who need more recognition/have a lot of it. And you now knowing that there are so many memes by black women that get quoted almost everywhere everyday?
I love how Nick’s love for her never waivers. It’s constant throughout the whole movie. They didn’t once go to the cliche of the guy needing to sow his wild Oates or has doubt about the girl.
I usually am not into romantic movies, I overanalize everything and always find the couples highkey toxic af, BUT THIS FUCKING MOVIE it's perfect, ok???? everything is perfect and I cried through the wedding scene too. And I told my sister, and she was like "eh, ok" and then she saw it and also cried during the wedding lmao. I think it's a general thing, they really got us there.
@@victorampo1137 I can relate with you on that!! I honestly don't know all my dad's family cause I've never visited them in Guatemala. I only know my mom's side so I feel like I have more drama with them. I do know a few of my dad's family and they did make me not feel happy either. Like 1 time I accidentally stepped on my aunt's dog and she chose the dog over me.
OMG!! I laughed so hard when she said "the dad side" when Nick was talking about his family!!! It's so true that the dad side is always the troublesome side with some nosy relatives that we can't take at all.
I really want her to react to a period drama because I feel like she would be hella confused but would semi understand and I would just be here for it 💀😂😂
18:00 As a person who plays Mahjong lemme try to explain the meaning behind the mahjong scene: TLDR: Rachel drew a winning card and could have won, but instead gave the opportunity to Nick's mom who won with the card that Rachel gave her. Rachel then reveals her hand, showing that she could have won the entire time AND that she knew that giving up on that card would result in Nick's mother winning, directly mirroring her decision to reject Nick and letting his mother have a "stable and lasting family". Ok so Rachel draws a winning card (and 8) and after playing around with it in her hands, she decides to let go of the opportunity to win right then and there. Since she was shown to be really good at this game since the beginning of the movie, she had pretty much predicted what Nick's mom needed to win (which also happens to be an eight) which is why she decided to give up the 8. "there's no winning, cause if Nick chose me he'll lose his family," which can be represented by her keeping the eight and winning, "and if he chose his family he might spend the rest of his life resenting you" which would be if she kept the eight, but chose not to reveal that she'd won and instead throw out another card, continuing the game, (which may end up in both of them losing and her wondering what would have happened if she didn't keep the eight/had chose to win, kinda like how Nick would be wondering what kind of future he could have had if Rachel had agreed and he did give up on his family or if his mother hadn't interfered in the first place.) She chooses the third option, to willingly give up on the 8, and giving Nick's mom the win, just like how Rachel rejected his proposal so that Nick can find a "better girl" that meets his mother's standards, giving her a "perfect family" which is why she says: "It was all because of me, a poor, raised by a single mother, low class, immigrant nobody" before revealing her hand. Nick's mom won thinking that it was her hard work (in this case "luck") that gave her this win, only to find out that it was only because Rachel willingly sacrificed her happiness. Earlier in the scene, Nick's mom said "only a fool would foil a winning hand" and "All Americans think about is their own happiness". Rachel proves her wrong by not only giving up on a "winning hand" aka Nick, which would obviously be extremely beneficial for her if she was to become a rich man's wife, but also proves that she's not selfish; she thinking's for Nick's happiness but also his mother's while Nick's mom never stopped and considered Rachel at all. At the end of the day, it wasn't because she was intimidated or thinks that she's not enough that she left, but because she wasn't selfish and loves him too much to have him choose between her and his family.
Just so you know, my wife and I have been married for over 5 years and my mother still refers to her as "my close friend" so it might just be an Asian thing.
we really need a sequel I can only imagine the shenanigans that will take place whilst Rachel and Nick Plan their own wedding Like Amanda and other ex girlfriends coming in to try and sabotage them...
I was looking it up and I heard that a movie 2 will be coming this year late 2021 or early 2022 and possibly a third I believe this movie was based on a book series
@@marsielajones5646 yes there are 3 books but the author wrote another book he released a year ago but i don’t think it connects to this story line so right now there’s only the 3 but I’m super excited to see what they do for the sequels
Feels like Naruto where everyone hates you and you need to fight to get acknowledged. Also these are real Asian struggles. Not always as extreme as this but getting the approval of Asian parents can be really hard.
So if you don’t know, the ending feature of “mike Chang” is a reference to the book series. Prior to this movie, Astrid had a young love but was pushed to marry her ex husband and not her love bc he wasn’t good enough. Over the years though, he made a name for himself, and that ending scene leads into the other book where it focuses on astrids love story
I watched this in the cinema with my friend and when the wedding scene came on we were like WTF! We had never felt so poor in our lives. Also during Astride's ironic "it's not my job to make you feel like a man", everyone just went Oooooohhhhhh!!
I seriously think that the wedding scene is one of the best of all times. It give me chills evertime I see it, and I don't cry very often and I cry like a little girl every time I see it 🤧🤧
“single poor loser” sis that’s ALL of us 😭
I don't want to relate so much tho 😭😭😭
@Charlie Harpham emphasis on single poor and loser 😭😭😭
Amen!
Speak for yourself
@@K1Ck8 pass the money I need some new shoes 😌
"He has not touched a woman. Ever." Iconic.
Periodt.
Yuh💅💅💅
And it's probably better for women anyway. Lol
In the Mahjong game, she revealed her cards to show that she had a winning hand and couldve won but she gave it up so Eleanor could win in the same way she was willing to give up her relationship with Nick but telling Eleanor she only won because Rachel let her. I gasped in the theater, like the power move. UNPARALLELED
And I love how it was filmed so that even someone who had no idea how to play the game would know that's what happened.
Wow i didnt pick up on this. Thanks for clueing me in
and did you realise she could do it because she is "a professor of freaking game theory" (like peik ling mentioned ealier in the movie)
@@lexihon8318 this clicked in my head, but not the part where Rachel let Eleanor win. Bet other non mahjong players like me left the cinema thinking Rachel astounded Eleanor in that scene by winning
literally she directly gave up her hand and she could've won!! it was such a clever moment to put in the movie
"It's not my job to make you feel like a man." is my FAVORITE line in the movie.
With that fast head to toe look. Astrid is a savage queen.
Sammeee
Same I love that part and I watch all over again just for that line lol 😂
I was waiting for the reaction at that scene... SO GOOD UNFF
Astrid is my fave character in CRA
When she said "It's not my job to make you feel like a man" AAH YES QUEEN
My favorite quote from the movie👏🏽
@@ZaDe2002 DEFINETELY
omg omg and the "i can't make you something you're not" right after AHHHH
@@deki6210 Ugh PERIOD SIS
@deki PEERRIIOODDTT👏🏽👏🏽
If someone is not even a bit moved by the wedding scene I don't trust them.
I’m aro ace and I still literally sobbed lmao
@@brujomenor i still wanna know how did they get the water into the church
@@GameOn71213 rich people
i had tears ROLLING down my face... the way she felt like his family didn't accept her, and yet they looked at each other with such love... the way he was so nice to the kids... looking at how happy his best friend and his bride are, while thinking about how astrid must've looked at her husband in the way at some point, only for him to do that to her... I was so overwhelmed, literally tears of both happiness and sadness at the same time, I was NOT okay lol
I always lose it at the first step the bride takes into the water. Every time.
The POWER that the women in this movie hold is everything. Like Astrids transformation? Everything. Rachel knowing that her worthy isn’t based on nicks mother’s approval? Iconic. Awkwafinas character literally being Rachel’s ride or die no matter what? Goals.
AND THAT WEDDING SCENE?! ARE YOU KIDDING?!?!?! EXPECTATIONS ARE THROUGH THE ROOF
If you like, check out the books! The characters are even more amazing, especially Astrid 😍
I agree!!! Except about Awkwafina's character, she's horrible lol.
@@bobbieproductions4491 how is she horrible
@@shakira891 she tries to steal nick from rachel
Cristie Epuri have you even seen the movie? She doesn’t
Astrid: “it's not my job to make you feel like a man." Damn
1 sec later: "I can't make you something you're not." OH SHIT THIS MAN SHOULD GO INTO HIDING
if i was the guy, I would be SO EMBARASSEDDDD
Astrid was so powerful. I loved her.
SHE IS SO POWERFUL
"Hello police? I just witnessed a murder"
Lol 💜❤️😌😌😂😂
The thing about Asian culture is that we tend to prioritize family over personal needs. In here, people see individuality as more of a western concept. For Asians, filial duties come before anything else, and familial ties are usually strong. Asians usually sacrifice personal dreams and ambition in favor of providing for the family, or basically just for the family’s better interest. Since we belong in such a tight-knit unit, our individual actions may reflect upon the household and affect our reputation amongst peers and communities. So we have to be careful about the choices we make too!
Hope this was helpful on why the movie focused so much on filial piety and tradition!
Ikr
I am not Asian , I am European but I can relate. I live in Albania , and Albanians are very connected to their familys. We're located in Europe but our moral codes are more similiar to Asia. I think it's because of the Ottoman conquering 😅
You explained this so well. My Entire life right there. Watch was you Say, Do and Carry yourself at all times; Even at home that’s how I’ve got to live my life for other peoples benefit and I honestly find it so exhausting and hopeless. But hey that’s life
Absolutely
You explained this so well, tysm for the information!!!
Can we talk about the production value of this movie, especially the wedding scene, OUT OF THIS WORLD!!!
And the people, who the film's representing here, who are still mad about this film needs to, ALSO, give applause to everyone involved in the creation of said wedding.
Dude. The wedding scene gives me CHILLS every time
The wedding scene made me cry, idk why I’m not even a romantic like that but just the visual give me chills , so beautiful!
@@lorenaromero9969 LITERALLY SAME!!!
@@COSun25 why are they mad about it?
The mahjong scene is actually pretty symbolic. There’s a whole article about it when this movie was released. Long story short, Rachel let Eleanor win a small hand when she could’ve won a bigger one. Basically telling Eleanor she won in this whole drama because of her.
Ohh. That makes sense. Thanks for explaining!
Mhm, it's also a callback to her college lecture about game theory in the beginning of the movie.
the majong scene was super good, which was kinda weird since the rest of the movie was like, nice, but not amazing for me. that scene felt like it came out of a completely different movie or something lol
@@ellwhitworth7318 Probably feels that way bc that scene isn't in the book. I forget how it resolves, but Eleanor was way more cartoonishly evil in the book
Let's be real, this movie is a two-hour travel ad for Singapore and I am HERE FOR IT. Take me there now.
but like half of those scene in Malaysia 😂 like the house and wedding place all in Malaysia
@@hyuuganatsume2621 the wedding place is a church in Singapore. The house some scenes were taken in Malaysia cos real estate in Singapore that size is too out of the budget of the movie lol.
I am from Singapore and trust me, only 5% of people are actually as rich as in the movie.
Like Singapore is expensive, fake, pretentious and full of people like Aquafina?
hyuuga natsume and the actors are Malaysian. Without Michelle Yeoh that whole movie has zero worth. Michelle is the Star of the movie.
alternative title: " ash drooling over Henry Golding for 20 minutes"
AS I SHOULD
@@urinternetmomash queen
That was me every time I watch this movie tho lol
@@urinternetmomash bestie i have a request to make. Pls do a blind (dont watch it b4 if u havnt ) video commentary on alexstrangelove miss m'am i would looveee to see that.
Literally
We need a full movie of Astrid making her ex husband cry!
sign me UP
@@urinternetmomash Have you seen Outer Banks?
@@urinternetmomash ohh there's actually a sequel to crazy rich Asians, and guess what? Astrid's the protagonist this time
@@adil0028 the... WHUT ???!??!??????????
@@adil0028 WHAT'S IT CALLED
“The dad’s side”
You did NOT have to call me out like that. I am APPALLED.
girl do not tell me you took your sweet time to make a whole animation of mopping the floor with that man’s head 💀🤚
Honestly it was a necessity
Lol
We don’t appreciate youtubers enough 😭 I can imagine it taking her like an hour to perfect
but can we talk about how attractive the entire cast is? 🕳👩🏻🦯
EXACTLY. you want me to focus on the plot when there are full course meals presented in front of me???
@@urinternetmomash fax ms mamm fax never been more attracted to a cast in my entire life
AAAAA right? the whole time I was like ❤👄❤
Netflix shows be ike
Astrid is so pretty I fell in love
"Let's take some accountability for our actions"
Asian parents: We don't do that here
"Are you hungry?" is all we get
i felt this in my soul
@@nleahc the way this is so relatable lol
my muslim parents be like that 😔
the fact that you animated that bald man's head mopping the floor. YES.
“ I get it, I’m white I don’t have a culture “ I almost spit out my coffee 😂😭
Omg I thought she was Latina😳😳
@@soupast4r She might be mixed, or white but behind her has some Spanish
@@chenmae9747 oh yeah you might be right
She is Italian and it was a Joke. Of course she has a culture.
@@Slm99 I think she’s mixed not full
Okay, the entire cast is stunning, but Colin’s down-to-earth, earnest cleverness and his intuition about Rachel and that whole scenario... A good man. Astrid and Colin are my faves.
“The dad side” I felt that deep into my bones
Tbh, its the mom side for me
@@miraculousobssesedfan8050 it's the mom side for me too.
why's it so true hahaha
like that really made me think
its the mom's side for me ngl
“start a daycare in my stomach” MISS ASHLEY-
All I can say is, Dylan's commentary and Ash's commentary need to collide in a collab
BRUH I was literally thinking how what I feel when I watch them a re so similar! This is my first vid of her and she's making me laugh out loud all over the place just like dylan XD. They're so unapologetically genuine I love it.
Please tell me some people watch Trin Lovell lol
And yes im a Dylan subscriber as well😌
@@esmegigigenevievesqualor6029 I do lol there should be a trio collab how bout that
@@you5692 yesss that would be a dream lol, I feel so relieved to not be the only one who knows about her channel sometimes🙃
OH YES!!!
Apparently Harry Shum Jr had a bigger role in this movie but they decided to cut pretty much all his scenes and focus on Nick and Rachel's relationship in this movie, leaving his future relationship with Astrid for the sequel
you can find a deleted scene of him and Astrid dancing together here in youtube.
now that makes a lot of sense because I remember him talking about the movie before it came out a lot so I fully expected him to be one of the main characters and the whole time I was like “... where is he??”
WAIT....HARRY WAS IN THIS??!
I guess used to seeing him as Magnus. Guess I'll have to watch it again.
@@themelanatedqueenxx4614 the ending and midcredit scene, iirc
Astrid is superior honestly, we stan. Rachel had no bad looks in this movie, she is just stunninf and I cannot. This is my sister's favourite romantic movie, so I've had to watch it many times with her and the wedding scene still gives me chills and you can literally feel the love that the director poured into this movie and if I don't get a sequel?
we will get a sequel!
isn't the second movie coming out this year
We should. Theres two more books in the novels.
I know that there is supposed to be a sequel but not sure when it will come out since all of 2020 messed up production stuff
We should get a sequel within this year. China Rich Girlfriend (2nd book) should switch focus on Astrid, Rachel's past, and Nick's dad since he was absent in the first movie.
“Start a daycare in my stomach” IM SCREAMING
the way coffee came out of my nose when she said that
You haven’t thirsted this hard since jordan-
I have to behave now that I know he knows I exist
@@urinternetmomash jsksj yeah you do you better watch ur words mom. Also I feel like u just said something about him not too long ago it might have been me watching an older vid thou
Wait which Jordan?
@@diamondcentury21 jordan fisher
@@urinternetmomash omg i think about this all the time, "how is Ashley ever going to be able to say anything about him ever again now that he's a sub?"
"I hired a private investigator to look into her past." Sounds like the rich version of my father with every relationship I've ever had.
Pffffft
@@lesbiangoddess290 ?
@@jaymesigler6402 I found it hilarious
So it's actually a thing among rich people?? Jfc
Lol, sounds both good and bad! In my case, it's my mom who does the digging, lmao.
The Mahjong scene was basically Rachel revealing that she could have won but decided not to. In both situations, the mother only won because Rachel let her and she wanted to remind the mother of that. Also the dress she was wearing is a traditional clothing for Chinese women called Cheongsam
i’ll never forget the collective gasp in the movie theater when nick pulled out the green ring
Lol same
Same
Some people burst into tears, too. Me. I'm part of some people.
I actually cried as soon as that green ring appeared at the end. 😻💜
ash wanting to throw hands 20 seconds into a movie that is 99% characters beefing is EVERYTHING. she did not know what she was in for
ive watched this movie multiple times and i still get shocked everytime when grandma says she doesnt approve of the relationship LMFAO
Mike Chang's character is basically Astrid's ex fiance in the books. They didn't work out back then because their families were basically forcing them to break up. But now with her separation from her husband, old feelings return and they are set to rekindle something...... if the next movie ever gets made 🙃
OHHH interesting
Is his actual name Mike Chang or is that from glee
@@KoolKukumber His real name is Harry Shum jr. I just used Mike Chang because the person in the reaction knew him as Mike Chang.
I worried she'd be confused so I used Mike Chang 😂
Hi, small change to what you said 😊 They weren’t being forced together but actually their families (or we’ll just Astrid’s really) were not supportive of them being together back then
ToT I mean HOPEFULLY
Ashley being unapologetically thirsty is what we all need, don’t y’all dare deny it💁♀️
"I want a man to do that, not my pants" GIRL when i tell you i screamed
Ok but why did I lowkey love Astrid more than anyone else and the sisterhood in this movie was EVERYTHING 👀👀
China Rich Girlfriend is her sequel ❤️
She is queen 👑
She and Araminta are such kind hearts. I LOVED how we first meet Minty all dressed down, totally blending in with everyone, and it endears you to her that she’s not a snob.
Not low key, high key. She is my favorite character
Because Astrid's a queen!
"start a daycare in my stomach" GIRL PLS-
gemma chan is literally so beautiful like damn girl
19:40 *gasps* "Mike Chang?? MIKE CHANG?!?!" is so iconic omg
the new Beyonce.jpg
It was Harry Shum Jr. 😂
I want the sequel with a pining Mike Chang SO BAD!!
He was supposed to have a longer scene but it got cut!
@@shoujokadyan5502 hurts me to the core
We trust Mike Chang so much we know he’s gonna be trustworthy in whatever universe hes in. HAHAHAHA
Between mike chang and magnus bane, this man can do no wrong
exactly
"And then there's the other half-"
*"-the dad side"*
GIRL 💀😂😂
Rachel and the mother in law were playing mahjong, they were both waiting to win on the same tile. (Rachel is a statistics professor so she could probably tell). So when she was holding the 8 tile and discarded it, it was symbolic of Rachel being able to ‘win’ Nick from her but she chose not to and instead gives the mother in law the winning tile. Hence why when she shows her hand at the end she’s telling her that this is her choice to back out. Also the pronunciation of 8 means “rich” in Chinese so I think that’s another nod at Nick’s family wealth.
alternative title: ash being extremely relatable for 20 minutes straight
13:58 - In real life, that woman in the yellow dress comes from a crazy rich Asian family. Her name is Kris Aquino and her entire family is full of drama and their loaded just like the movie. Her father was assassinated, her mother became a president, her brother became a president, she's got controversies of her own, etc.
Pretty sure I cheered in the theater when Astrid said 'because I can't make you something you're not.' YES QUEEN
“imagine being in love”- felt that?!!!
one day :' )
one way or another mayhaps
The Mahjong scene is always my favorite in this movie. Beyond her having a winning hand but not "taking it", it's kind of a culmination of her realizing her self-worth. Alongside that, there are also touches such as her seated in the "West" position, while Eleanor is to the East. Rachel also discards the precise tile that she knew Eleanor needed to win (in Mahjong you take turns discarded and pulling new tiles from the center). Also I didn't connect this at first but my friend pointed out that she was a game theory professor who had been teaching students at the beginning of the movie to play "to win" and never "not to lose", using poker (kinda a western parallel to mahjong). It kind of nicely parallels the end scene where she was playing to win, and she had the winning hand, but she chose not to play it. Just get chills every time I rewatch that part haha.
Love the small details! Like when she was asked for the first class airline and said “we’re economy people” because she is a professor of economy, i was like ooh… subtle
are we gonna talk abt how she’s watching this masterpiece for the first time??!!! a crime
A TRUE CRIME
Someone should make a true crime series about it.. all revolving around how she didn't watch it !
right!
I watched it with her😂😂😂
not me seeing ‘single, poor and loser’ felt related to and clicked 🕳🚶♀️ anyway, this made my friday
WHEN ASH PAUSED AND GOT HAPPY THAT THE GRANDMA CALLED HER SMART I HAD TO PAUSE PLSSS THE POOR GIRL DIDNT KNOW WHAT WAS COMING
THE TITLE GURL-
I MEAN DID I LIE
@@Ash-uz6pp ash replied to ash
@@urinternetmomash I only agree with the Single one.
The way I just screamed, I literally am in love with this movie
I actually love that they included someone shaming on K-Pop girls because it is actually very true (they do that, mostly my Asian parents). I have also been told about how useless me stanning Kpop by my parents and I think that just adds to the realness of this movie.
Sorry if I have a bad english or grammar, english is my third language.
“the dad’s side” IM CRYING AT THE ACCURACY 😭😭
5:30 “there’s half of them that you love and respect and then there’s the other side”
Ashley: the dads side
😭😭😭😭😭
PLEASE
I screamed
I was weak so relatable 😭😂
She's not wrong though 😭😭🤧
but did she lie tho 😩
"the first half you love and respect and the other half" - the dad's side
I can't stop laughing. This is like a universal fact 😂
“We’re comfortable” literally every rich person lol.
I can’t believe this is your first time watching this movie it’s so good
for real, it's actually criminal
@@urinternetmomash for real though I am happy I did as a single gay man I needed this to
@@urinternetmomash can you please do high school musical the the musical the series
Not them saying Brenda Song isn’t “Asian enough” for a movie wherein the main character is ostracized for not being “Asian enough”
The hypocrisy
Yeah…but I wonder if that was even true or not tbh. I think they just didn’t have anywhere to put her character. But the whole “not Asian enough” thing idkkkk something is a lil fishy about that because that was one of the main points, just like you said, of the movie about Rachael lol, and sometimes a lot of ppl can come up with anything to make drama headlines. I guess we’ll never truly know. The movie still sold and won an award so eh🤷🏽♀️😂
In the screencap that Ash showed the director denied that he ever said or implied anything like that. Anyway, there are mixed race actors in the movie including the leading man. It appeared that they had no problem with hiring mixed people and Brenda didn't have any proof to support her side of the story.
“I remember seeing it in shrek 2..thats my knowledge of ✨culture✨ girl sameeee 💀
as a black girl from London you don't know the joy it bring me to see you use that Nella rose reaction clip
Was SEARCHING FOR THIS COMMENT!!!
Bruh saaaaaame
It's such a popular meme though, as well as others from her videos. Quite a lot of people use hers and other black women's because they are kind of the foundation of this generation's comedy. But I guess what you said is valid.
@@eyxzm7505 now tell me what did you gain from typing this ?
@@MaiDay01 😂 telling you that there are loads of black women who need more recognition/have a lot of it. And you now knowing that there are so many memes by black women that get quoted almost everywhere everyday?
I love how Nick’s love for her never waivers. It’s constant throughout the whole movie. They didn’t once go to the cliche of the guy needing to sow his wild Oates or has doubt about the girl.
ok but don't let henry golding discover your channel like jordan fisher did 🤣🤣
WHAT?!
@@tantrishoya in her Midsommer reaction Jordan Fisher commented on it
@@victorthatfriend WHAT,HOLY SHIT!!!!!???? I'D DIE
OMG LMAOOO
DAMNNNN
I lost it at WAP playing when Henry Goulding appeared like gurl 😂
"get out of my way AMANDA" "Fuck off AMANDA" I laughed at this part without reason, I definitely love your humor sis
I usually am not into romantic movies, I overanalize everything and always find the couples highkey toxic af, BUT THIS FUCKING MOVIE it's perfect, ok???? everything is perfect and I cried through the wedding scene too. And I told my sister, and she was like "eh, ok" and then she saw it and also cried during the wedding lmao. I think it's a general thing, they really got us there.
LMFAO ash editing the rude hotel owner's face onto the mop is a power move
a woman supporting other women in a video where women supports each other is such a vibe✨ yaaaz queen energy💅🏼
I can’t believe our internet mom don’t have a internet dad she is so bootiful
Is she Asian ?
@@mr.peebody-_-1643 no, why???
“Start a daycare in my stomach... I DoN’t CaRrRRrrrre!!!!”
*choking in K-Pop* ✋🏻💀
I seriously can't wait for the sequel. They adapted the book so well.
why is it that whenever people talk about both sides of the family it’s always the dad’s side that’s wildin 😭
My fam is different. It’s both
@@victorampo1137 I can relate with you on that!! I honestly don't know all my dad's family cause I've never visited them in Guatemala. I only know my mom's side so I feel like I have more drama with them. I do know a few of my dad's family and they did make me not feel happy either. Like 1 time I accidentally stepped on my aunt's dog and she chose the dog over me.
@@victorampo1137 it was my dads side but the DRAMA was on my mom’s side
@@taylorelisa1452 same
Imma be honest, I don't know a lot of family on either side so
I love how Ash was saying how she’s gonna steal Rachel’s man while I’m over here saying imma steal Rachel😍
OK BUT LIKE SAME 😭🖐️
Bi culture is wanting them both
@@bubblegumnnebula truth 😂
@@bubblegumnnebula y e s
OMG!! I laughed so hard when she said "the dad side" when Nick was talking about his family!!! It's so true that the dad side is always the troublesome side with some nosy relatives that we can't take at all.
petition for Ash to react to a k-drama. I suggest Penthouse. your stress levels are gonna be through the roof
I really want her to react to a period drama because I feel like she would be hella confused but would semi understand and I would just be here for it 💀😂😂
I haven’t seen a k drama yet so I’d love to see her react to get a feel for it
Yesssss the penthouse would be so interesting!!
just have her react to love alarm so we can suffer together
@@jahanarahgraham8003 I just started in the k drama world sooooo... what’s a period drama?
Period no K-POP girlies slander will be tolerated here 😌
PERIOD
Yesss
18:00 As a person who plays Mahjong lemme try to explain the meaning behind the mahjong scene:
TLDR: Rachel drew a winning card and could have won, but instead gave the opportunity to Nick's mom who won with the card that Rachel gave her. Rachel then reveals her hand, showing that she could have won the entire time AND that she knew that giving up on that card would result in Nick's mother winning, directly mirroring her decision to reject Nick and letting his mother have a "stable and lasting family".
Ok so
Rachel draws a winning card (and 8) and after playing around with it in her hands, she decides to let go of the opportunity to win right then and there. Since she was shown to be really good at this game since the beginning of the movie, she had pretty much predicted what Nick's mom needed to win (which also happens to be an eight) which is why she decided to give up the 8. "there's no winning, cause if Nick chose me he'll lose his family," which can be represented by her keeping the eight and winning, "and if he chose his family he might spend the rest of his life resenting you" which would be if she kept the eight, but chose not to reveal that she'd won and instead throw out another card, continuing the game, (which may end up in both of them losing and her wondering what would have happened if she didn't keep the eight/had chose to win, kinda like how Nick would be wondering what kind of future he could have had if Rachel had agreed and he did give up on his family or if his mother hadn't interfered in the first place.) She chooses the third option, to willingly give up on the 8, and giving Nick's mom the win, just like how Rachel rejected his proposal so that Nick can find a "better girl" that meets his mother's standards, giving her a "perfect family" which is why she says: "It was all because of me, a poor, raised by a single mother, low class, immigrant nobody" before revealing her hand. Nick's mom won thinking that it was her hard work (in this case "luck") that gave her this win, only to find out that it was only because Rachel willingly sacrificed her happiness. Earlier in the scene, Nick's mom said "only a fool would foil a winning hand" and "All Americans think about is their own happiness". Rachel proves her wrong by not only giving up on a "winning hand" aka Nick, which would obviously be extremely beneficial for her if she was to become a rich man's wife, but also proves that she's not selfish; she thinking's for Nick's happiness but also his mother's while Nick's mom never stopped and considered Rachel at all. At the end of the day, it wasn't because she was intimidated or thinks that she's not enough that she left, but because she wasn't selfish and loves him too much to have him choose between her and his family.
Had been manifesting a ash video the whole day and she fulfilled my wish. God i just love you mom
Ok, but every time Ash is unapologetically thirsty it's literally me but the lesbian version 😂
Felt this but I'm a bi man so I was just simping over everyone
@@marleyyoung6171 omg same 😂
I'm bi, so same
Just so you know, my wife and I have been married for over 5 years and my mother still refers to her as "my close friend" so it might just be an Asian thing.
"It's not my job to make you feel like a man" PERIOOOODDDTTT that line is just- AJSJJSJDSJDJDJSJSJ
I literally just rewatched your whole euphoria series last night...the way I dropped everything to watch this hehe
18:15 we stan a powerful queen like Astrid in this house and this line is why😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰
we really need a sequel
I can only imagine the shenanigans that will take place whilst Rachel and Nick Plan their own wedding
Like Amanda and other ex girlfriends coming in to try and sabotage them...
I was looking it up and I heard that a movie 2 will be coming this year late 2021 or early 2022 and possibly a third I believe this movie was based on a book series
@@marsielajones5646 yes there are 3 books but the author wrote another book he released a year ago but i don’t think it connects to this story line so right now there’s only the 3 but I’m super excited to see what they do for the sequels
We need a reaction to A Simple Favor so we have an excuse to see more of the absolute KING that Henry Golding is.
or Last Christmas
@@shoujokadyan5502 I went into Last Christmas thinking it was gonna be a romantic comedy and it absolutely destroyed me
@@mandycane4260 let's be devastated together
Yessssss and Blake and Anna were incredible in A Simple Favor. Blake was iconiccccc. Would love that for us.
7:37 totally agree. Someone finally said that! Luv u💜
We need a 'A Simple Favor' reaction
YASSS!!👏👏👏👏 need👏it👏now👏
Yes, yes, and yes
Yessssss
This movie confused the hell out of me lol
Nah Gone Girl is the more superior movie!
ASHLEY MY FAVORITE MOVIE. I’M OBSESSED ALREADY
12:33 I love how Michelle Yeoch delivers that line with such power and intimidation, without ever raising her voice.
That's just how Great she is!!
This girl's edits just make her movie commentaries even more top tier on top of her reaction herself 🙌🙌🙌🙌
Why is no one talking about Ashley’s editing ahhh it’s so good
Feels like Naruto where everyone hates you and you need to fight to get acknowledged. Also these are real Asian struggles. Not always as extreme as this but getting the approval of Asian parents can be really hard.
So if you don’t know, the ending feature of “mike Chang” is a reference to the book series. Prior to this movie, Astrid had a young love but was pushed to marry her ex husband and not her love bc he wasn’t good enough. Over the years though, he made a name for himself, and that ending scene leads into the other book where it focuses on astrids love story
I watched this in the cinema with my friend and when the wedding scene came on we were like WTF! We had never felt so poor in our lives.
Also during Astride's ironic "it's not my job to make you feel like a man", everyone just went Oooooohhhhhh!!
This is such a comfort movie. Very fresh, light-hearted, and visually pleasing.
Ash not understanding the Mahjong scene but hyping up Rachel anyways SENT ME
"Mike Chang, it's funny how we run into eachother" lmao water came out my nose
I seriously think that the wedding scene is one of the best of all times. It give me chills evertime I see it, and I don't cry very often and I cry like a little girl every time I see it 🤧🤧
The reveal that hes proposing with his mom's ring. My heart