Within moments of agreeing to travel to Singapore with Nick for his best friend’s wedding, the whole of the country’s upper crust already knows about it, with the news zinging across social media (brought to colorful life by snappy editing and bright visuals) before Rachel and Nick can even finish their dessert. She’s also unaware of how their wealth makes them an object of fascination for the rest of Singapore, a theme of Kwan’s book that Chu and screenwriters Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim never shy away from portraying. Rachel has zero idea that Nick’s family is wealthy: When the pair are shepherded into over-the-top first class accommodations at the airport, Rachel can only sputter, “We’re economy people!,” the first of many assumptions that will prove to be very wrong. Rachel Chu ( Constance Wu) is about to learn that the hard way, as the film slingshots forward into present day New York City, where NYU professor Rachel is relishing the prospect of a summer trip to Singapore to meet her boyfriend Nick Young’s (Henry Golding) family. The lesson is twofold: don’t mess with Eleanor, and don’t doubt the power of money.
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