Film Summary Better Luck Tomorrow
Mitchell Anthony Reyes
Cinema 123
Film Summary: Better Luck Tomorrow Better Luck Tomorrow is a film about a group of Asian American high school friends that go through the struggles of trying to maintain high academic records for future college choices while also becoming rebels. They become rebels by first selling cheat sheets of tests from their high schools to fellow students, but that became a gateway into selling drugs and doing jobs for money. The main character and narrator, Ben, tells us the story of how they got into the life of petty crime and the stresses that were brought on with it. In the middle of the film, Ben realizes he is in too deep with what was supposed to be just small acts for small cash. What makes him realize this is the fact that he woke up in bloody sheets because his nose was bleeding. His nose was bleeding because he was doing too much cocaine. The film also portrays the stereotypes that were used against the group of Asian American friends. At a party, a couple of white varsity sports players made racist jokes against them, but that caused Daric, one of the main characters, to fight them and the Asian American group ended up beating one of the white varsity players. After that, people at the high school started treating them with more respect. Another interesting aspect about the movie was that there were no parents. I felt that this brought all of the attention towards the struggles that the high school students felt, without being repressed by the perspective of the parents. I enjoyed this film very much. I thought it was very funny and was also very accurate on portraying the stereotypes that Asian American high schoolers had to go through.
Cinema 123
Film Summary: Better Luck Tomorrow Better Luck Tomorrow is a film about a group of Asian American high school friends that go through the struggles of trying to maintain high academic records for future college choices while also becoming rebels. They become rebels by first selling cheat sheets of tests from their high schools to fellow students, but that became a gateway into selling drugs and doing jobs for money. The main character and narrator, Ben, tells us the story of how they got into the life of petty crime and the stresses that were brought on with it. In the middle of the film, Ben realizes he is in too deep with what was supposed to be just small acts for small cash. What makes him realize this is the fact that he woke up in bloody sheets because his nose was bleeding. His nose was bleeding because he was doing too much cocaine. The film also portrays the stereotypes that were used against the group of Asian American friends. At a party, a couple of white varsity sports players made racist jokes against them, but that caused Daric, one of the main characters, to fight them and the Asian American group ended up beating one of the white varsity players. After that, people at the high school started treating them with more respect. Another interesting aspect about the movie was that there were no parents. I felt that this brought all of the attention towards the struggles that the high school students felt, without being repressed by the perspective of the parents. I enjoyed this film very much. I thought it was very funny and was also very accurate on portraying the stereotypes that Asian American high schoolers had to go through.