Double Happiness (1:32) 1994

Double Happiness is a movie that has been on my Netflix queue for a long time. I am a big fan of Sandra Oh and a fan of Canadian made movies. Sandra Oh plays Jade, a Chinese woman in her early twenties. She lives with her parents and her younger sister Pearl in Canada. She has a job and aspirations to be an actress. Her parents are originally from Hong Kong as is Jade. Jade is having difficulty with her parents especially her father. He has worked hard to give them a good life and has the traditional Chinese values. Jade's brother, Winston, has been disowned by the father for living a modern lifestyle. Jade meets a man, Mark, who she likes. The problem is he is not Chinese and her family would not tolerate having a Caucasian as a son-in-law. When Double Happiness came out almost twenty years ago, it received several awards. I view the movie as more of a made for television type movie because as I see it now, it appears dated. Sandra Oh is very good in portraying a young woman caught between two worlds. Adding to the cast is the younger sister Pearl who is a feisty, cute girl. This movie probably speaks to the difficulties which first and second generation immigrants must face when living in the United States.