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Earlier this year, I visited Cape Town, South Africa, for a girl's trip. The flight to our destination lasted 15 hours — the longest I'd ever been on an airplane. As I settled into my not-quite-comfy-enough premium economy seat (you'd think that for $500, you'd get a little more legroom), two things had me literally buzzing with excitement for the journey ahead: the fact that my row was empty and watching "Crazy Rich Asians" for the umpteenth time.

"Crazy Rich Asians" is a 2018 romantic comedy adapted from the Kevin Kwan novel . The film follows the whirlwind adventure of protagonist Rachel Chu (played by Constance Wu) when she discovers that there's much more to her long-term boyfriend, Nick Young (a criminally underrated Henry Golding) than meets the eye. After learning that Nick is actually the heir to a billionaire real estate empire, Rachel is whisked off to Singapore to experience the glitz and glam of his day-to-day in person.



To say that Nick's life is fabulous is an understatement, but Rachel soon learns that all that glitters isn't gold as she attempts to connect with his uppity inner circle. It's been six years since the film premiered in theaters, and the immediate impact of "Crazy Rich Asians" was undeniable: the Jon M. Chu production smashed industry records, quickly becoming the most successful studio rom-com in almost a decade at the US box office, earning nearly $175 million.

(Globally, it raked in over $230 million.) Critics praised the silver screen adapt.

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