I saw this at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and I enjoyed it a lot (I was definitely biased due to the fact that I was also 13 years old in 2008 and Asian). I'm looking forward to seeing it again in theaters soon.
Same!!! Being emo and Asian American while in middle school during 2008 is such a specific and special time in my life and I'm so happy we can see the adolescents growing up
I watched it tonight at a limited viewing because most theatres are not screening it in Vancouver (BC, Canada) despite having such a huge East-Asian population here. It was a beautiful film that capture such a universal experience shared amongst so many East Asian men in the West; often a neglected group of people whose coming of age story were never interested to Western audiences nor mainstream Hollywood. This was a script that doesn't box us into "Crazy Rich Asian" or stereotypical kung-fu superhero "Shang-Chi". Didi as a film allow us to be human beings with real lived experiences and unique nuances. Thank you Sean Wang!
I loved this film! Thank you for this love letter to the ones who grew up in the late 90s and early 2000s! It time warped me back to my childhood! Tbh, its not a perfect film. I found the protagonist sometimes unlikeable, but I get it. Hes young, dumb, and naive. Hes unsure of and untrue to himself and like to please others to like him, which backfires. People come and go. You make mistakes, you live and learn. Life goes on. ❤️
Watched this film tonight on Peacock and absolutely loved it. So glad I found this interview with the director and the lead actor because the interviewers asked questions that I was also wondering about while watching the film. I was also a "Didi" growing up and I too had an older sister. My Caucasian friends would also call me "Didi" all the time in jest to mimic my dad and mom screaming "Didi" into the neighborhood when it was dinnertime. It was the mid-80s when I was Chris' age so I did not have some of the same experiences with flip phones or IM or the internet but I certainly identified with the struggles of having two cultural identities at the same time and being embarrassed of my very Chinese parents and then being ashamed of feeling embarrassed. Wonderful film!
I have to agree with you, I finally watched the movie yesterday and I honestly felt so disappointed in the story. Everything else was great the cinematography, the acting, but the story fell so short. I feel like Chris really didn’t develop much as a character and it felt like the movie ended the same way it started
@@blueberrynaya Chris understood that despite the differences between him and his mother, she genuinely has his best interest in mind and love him regardless of their differences. It was also a moment where his mother told him "how proud she was" of him; she tried her best to understand him and was able to express her true sentiment to her son. Such word of affirmation would have been universally relatable for many of us, something that has been missing in so many 1st-generation immigrant parent upbringing. I feel like that was a pretty big character development for both the protagonist and the mother.
Being an adolescent of the late 90s and early 2000s I loved the film! It time warped me back to my childhood. However... I agree that it's not a perfect film. The character imo was not really likeable (but I guess that's the point, he's young, naive, and dumb). Some of the protagonist's actions i couldn't really relate with (constantly lying about himself).
It's one of the worst films of 2024. As a 90's kid, I hated this movie & the portrayal of the main character. I still don't know why he was angry with everyone.😂
I saw this at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and I enjoyed it a lot (I was definitely biased due to the fact that I was also 13 years old in 2008 and Asian). I'm looking forward to seeing it again in theaters soon.
Same!!! Being emo and Asian American while in middle school during 2008 is such a specific and special time in my life and I'm so happy we can see the adolescents growing up
I watched it tonight at a limited viewing because most theatres are not screening it in Vancouver (BC, Canada) despite having such a huge East-Asian population here. It was a beautiful film that capture such a universal experience shared amongst so many East Asian men in the West; often a neglected group of people whose coming of age story were never interested to Western audiences nor mainstream Hollywood. This was a script that doesn't box us into "Crazy Rich Asian" or stereotypical kung-fu superhero "Shang-Chi". Didi as a film allow us to be human beings with real lived experiences and unique nuances. Thank you Sean Wang!
Go Izaac! Auntie so proud of you! ❤
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The weirder the better ❤ Class acts. 2008? It was an interesting time.
Proud of have they wrote the family. Beautiful.
Can’t wait until his next film.
Writing an analysis on this movie for my film class, I love it. I’m a 2003 baby but it makes me feel like I was a teen in 2008 lol.
As someone who grew up in Fremont, it was so surreal to see it on the big screen!! Loved this :)
loved this movie! it portrayed such real relationships
I loved this film! Thank you for this love letter to the ones who grew up in the late 90s and early 2000s! It time warped me back to my childhood! Tbh, its not a perfect film. I found the protagonist sometimes unlikeable, but I get it. Hes young, dumb, and naive. Hes unsure of and untrue to himself and like to please others to like him, which backfires. People come and go. You make mistakes, you live and learn. Life goes on. ❤️
I'm not one for Coming of Age films but the trailer for this movie looks interesting. I hope it does well in the box office.
This is a more honest portrayal of adolescence than Inside Out 2 could ever be.
Sooooo dope!!!!!
I’m just thankful Philip didn’t try to make another romantic comedy
My boys ❤
Watched this film tonight on Peacock and absolutely loved it. So glad I found this interview with the director and the lead actor because the interviewers asked questions that I was also wondering about while watching the film. I was also a "Didi" growing up and I too had an older sister. My Caucasian friends would also call me "Didi" all the time in jest to mimic my dad and mom screaming "Didi" into the neighborhood when it was dinnertime. It was the mid-80s when I was Chris' age so I did not have some of the same experiences with flip phones or IM or the internet but I certainly identified with the struggles of having two cultural identities at the same time and being embarrassed of my very Chinese parents and then being ashamed of feeling embarrassed. Wonderful film!
Really an average movie, was disappointed with the lame story, the actors are fab and loved the acting, the story writer disaster
You probably didn’t grow up as a teen or in your early twenties around 2008-09
I have to agree with you, I finally watched the movie yesterday and I honestly felt so disappointed in the story. Everything else was great the cinematography, the acting, but the story fell so short. I feel like Chris really didn’t develop much as a character and it felt like the movie ended the same way it started
@@blueberrynaya Chris understood that despite the differences between him and his mother, she genuinely has his best interest in mind and love him regardless of their differences. It was also a moment where his mother told him "how proud she was" of him; she tried her best to understand him and was able to express her true sentiment to her son. Such word of affirmation would have been universally relatable for many of us, something that has been missing in so many 1st-generation immigrant parent upbringing. I feel like that was a pretty big character development for both the protagonist and the mother.
Being an adolescent of the late 90s and early 2000s I loved the film! It time warped me back to my childhood. However... I agree that it's not a perfect film. The character imo was not really likeable (but I guess that's the point, he's young, naive, and dumb). Some of the protagonist's actions i couldn't really relate with (constantly lying about himself).
It's one of the worst films of 2024. As a 90's kid, I hated this movie & the portrayal of the main character. I still don't know why he was angry with everyone.😂