I love
Ang Lee, and yet I had never seen this film. And it's awesome. How did that happen?
This film is not evidence of pure mastery like some of his later work (Crouching TIger, Brokeback, Life of Pi), but it's great on several fronts. First, as a non-Chinese person, I really enjoyed learning about and watching traditional Chinese culture meet American life. It's fascinating. The wedding banquet scene alone is priceless, but watch the various scenes to see who carries luggage at the airport - this is shown to us multiple times for a reason.
The basic story is about a gay Chinese guy living in American with his American partner. His parents in Taiwan do not know he's gay, and they want babies. So he marries a tenant who needs a green card to get them off his back - and of course that doesn't go too well. There is nothing mean in this film - everybody is basically good, and sometimes that's a fun thing to watch. Maybe when the director is Ang Lee and he knows what he's doing.
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