From left: The film's producer John Penotti, actresses Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng and Fiona Xie and director Jon M. Chu take selfies with audiences during the Beijing promotional event. [Photo provided to China Daily]

On douban.com, China's most popular review site, those who have already watched the film have scored it 6.3 points out of 10, with most criticizing the plot, the cliched ending and its lack of focus on Asian cultural complexity.

"The film makes you constantly laugh. The backdrop music tracks are all former popular Chinese-language songs ... However, the story is actually not about Asians, it's about riches," says netizen Yangcong Xixi, whose words are marked useful by more than 1,140 netizens to top the film's short reviews on Douban.

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