.awkwafina, marcmaron, and kumailn shine in an unexpected trio of summer movies
Comic performers branching out into other roles has been a staple of the movies for decades and decades. Will Ferrell has done Raymond Carver, Eddie Murphy has played action hero, and the last really good Mike Myers performance was in a Quentin Tarantino movie. But with a vastly increased number of entertainment outlets, the process seems to be speeding along faster than ever, with no fewer than three comedians trying out new gigs this weekend at the movies.
These details emerge from a seemingly unrelated narrative framework: Mel and his employee/sidekick Nathaniel are approached by Cynthia and Mary , a couple who has recently inherited a Civil War-era sword from Cynthia's grandfather. The sword is purported, by some questionable"authenticating" documents as well as some even more questionable YouTube videos, to serve as proof that the South really won the Civil War. None of the main characters believes this hokum .
Wang's film has a lovely mix of observational family comedy and contemplative drama. Sometimes she pushes a little too hard—not in her filmmaking, which further showcases that strong eye for detail, but in her writing, which involves several scenes where characters more or less discuss the themes of the movie, laying out the East-versus-West conflict of sensibilities that Billi is experiencing.
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