This was one of the classic tales of hallmark Christmas movies. A women or a man who doesn't like part of his/her family connecting to Christmas finds out that it's actually the best. But in this variation the story is very different. And is much bigger than Christmas. This story is about a Chinese American female photographer from San Francisco who her Chinese family is hosting one of the biggest Christmas parties in the block. She doesn't feel comfortable with it and tries to hide it from her co workers. But when new reporter shows up and wants to do Christmas article about it she is trying to hide it but in the end after lots of missteps she reconnects to her family and kiss the guy.
The story looks very generic but it's not, the movie is much bigger than that when you find out that the main character tried to hide from her Chinese family party , it was because she was bullied as a child and that trauma made her try to protect her identity. This is about being Chinese American in USA or maybe any immigrant in USA. It's about racism and bullying and fitting in. I thought it was nicely done I loved the story & the actors were great. I also liked that they added some Chinese theme music to the soundtrack and had scenes in Chinese. Today it's hard showing social issues in tv, because most of the times the writers are preaching to us and not showing us the real issues. This movie was different it showed us in a beautiful way about Chinese Americans and dealt with today issues but not in a preaching way.
The story looks very generic but it's not, the movie is much bigger than that when you find out that the main character tried to hide from her Chinese family party , it was because she was bullied as a child and that trauma made her try to protect her identity. This is about being Chinese American in USA or maybe any immigrant in USA. It's about racism and bullying and fitting in. I thought it was nicely done I loved the story & the actors were great. I also liked that they added some Chinese theme music to the soundtrack and had scenes in Chinese. Today it's hard showing social issues in tv, because most of the times the writers are preaching to us and not showing us the real issues. This movie was different it showed us in a beautiful way about Chinese Americans and dealt with today issues but not in a preaching way.