As an immigration story this was a very good movie though the fact that they couldn’t build out the fire culture much beyond imagery pulled from actual cultures holds it back. As a opposites attract romance it’s a very good movie held back from how it has to indulge briefly in some toxic tropes to get to its big finale. As both an immigration story and a opposites attract romance… well…
I spent the credits taking “which element are you” quizzes to see if I could use any of the brief slur-coded words present in the first act.
