Crazy Rich Asians (12A)**
Dir: Jon M Chu
With: Constance Wu, Michelle Yeoh
Runtime: 121 minutes
THE USP of Jon M Chu’s romantic comedy, a US box office smash, is that it is the first mainstream release since 1983’s The Joy Luck Club to feature a mostly Asian-American cast. Constance Wu plays Rachel Chu, an economics professor from New York who falls in love with a chap from a fabulously wealthy Singaporean family. Based on Kevin Kwan’s bestseller, it is Cinderella given a makeover. Michelle Yeoh is excellent as the chilly mother-in-law to be who thinks Rachel is a gold-digger. Just a pity that it eventually takes on the thundering predictability of a Richard Curtis romcom and becomes tedious, actually.
The Rider (15)****
Dir: Chloé Zhao
With: Brady Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau
Runtime: 103 minutes
SET in South Dakota, Chloe Zhao’s drama looks at cowboy life today through the tale of young Brady Blackburn, rodeo rider and horse whisperer. When we first meet Brady (Brady Jandreau) he is just beginning to recover from a head injury. Told by doctors he should not ride again, Brady tries hard to adjust to life outside of the rodeo ring. Zhao’s film is remarkable in that all the cast are non-actors who deliver terrific performances, Brady especially. Slow to start but The Rider pulls you into its embrace.
Selected release including DCA, September 21-27; Filmhouse, Edinburgh and Belmont, Aberdeen, September 28-October 4
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