Twenty-two year old Chinese-Canadian Jade Li (Sandra Oh) lives with her sister and traditional parents. She's an aspiring actress but nobody believes in her. Her parents try to help her consider other pursuits like TV reporter. The director wants her to do a Chinese accent. Lisa is her best friend. She's waiting in a line of one outside a club. She is joined by awkward white grad student Mark and they start dating. She has to keep it a secret from her parents who sets her up with Chinese boy Andrew. Andrew is actually gay. They are visited by uncle Hong who surprisingly is eager to learn western ways.
This is a small Canadian indie with mostly amateurs doing the heavy lifting. Sandra Oh is the only name the public would recognize. It's fitting since Jade is one of those amateurs trying to break into acting. Sandra Oh delivers a nice shining lead performance. This has many of the indie tropes but they are fresh coming from different voices.
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