MrsD. and I convinced ourselves the male lead was Jackie Chan, perhaps with some cgi de-aging.
The first thirty minutes were like a twee Asian sitcom for white folks, filling me with dread. Presumably a joke, if so a good one!
The kung fu chops were ace, the casting brilliant (in particular JLC), the overall story structure kind of meh; trimming ~30-minutes off the end would have greatly improved that.
"International student-turned-YouTube star has advice for others coming to Canada"
I watched it on the heels of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which I thoroughly enjoyed; and this - in several senses, a very similar flick - blew it out of the water.
It's certainly sentimental, but I think it earns its right to be. The hotdog fingers multiverse and the buttplug kung fu battle are so bizarre that a little cheap plotting seems like a fair price to pay. Michelle Yeoh is great.
"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked."
James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951
Finally got to see this, and enjoyed it a lot. The Chinese family stuff holds very true to what I see/hear in my wife's family. Interesting about Jackie Chan, we noticed Ke Huy Quan was moving a lot like him in the martial arts sections, very much that style.
I also read that the fella playing Gong Gong (James Hong) is 93! Blimey. He's a man with a long IMDB credits list.