Always Be My Maybe (2019)
Directed by Nahnatchka Khan
Reunited after 15 years, famous chef Sasha and hometown musician Marcus feel the old sparks of attraction, but struggle to adapt to each other's worlds.
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Still, in saying all of that, there’s plenty of Nancy Meyers-esque wish fulfillment to enjoy here, from beautiful costumes and awe-inspiring properties to all the scrumptious Asian food Sasha cooks (similar to Crazy Rich Asians, which simply must be watched with a big plate of dumplings).
With a predominantly Asian cast, the comparisons to of Always Be My Maybe to the critically acclaimed Warner Bros film Crazy Rich Asians inevitably to be expected.
The success of Crazy Rich Asians opened the door (ok maybe a window) for movies like this one, which I hope will continue.
“Always be My Maybe” floats along, quite low to the ground, poking fun at San Fran’s all-encompassing LGBTQIA gender blurring, lame Spanx jokes, ridiculing “that racist lady” cook, Paula Deen and laughably pretentious cuisine, all set against the same sheen of gauche affluence of say, a “Crazy Rich Asians” or most of Tyler Perry’s non-Madea comedies.
It’s the second recent Western rom-com to do so, following 2018’s much-celebrated Crazy Rich Asians.
Sure, the plot beats here are familiar, echoing songs we know by heart and mashing up the friends-first vibe of “When Harry Met Sally…” with all the gorgeous interiors of a Nancy Meyers movie, but “Always Be My Maybe” still manages to feel genuine, despite its origins as basically fan service.
And also then to the other great white-collar romcoms: You’ve Got Mail ; Two Weeks Notice ; Boomerang starring Eddie Murphy and Halle Berry.
More common are such films as “When Harry Met Sally,” “You’ve Got Mail,” “Notting Hill” or “Four Weddings and a Funeral.”
Sasha Tran (Ali Wong: The Angry Birds Movie) is a hugely successful Los Angeles celebrity chef with a hot — in all senses of the word — fiancé in Brandon Choi (Daniel Dae Kim: Hellboy, Mirai), entrepreneur and investor in her foodie projects, but maybe that relationship isn’t going so well?