History YMMV / CrazyRichAsians

* HarsherInHindsight: The first novel mentions that Eddie has secured Canadian Permanent Resident Cards for himself and his wife and children, "like most upper-crust Hong Kongers," in case the Chinese government "ever pulled a Tiananmen again." Given the June 2020 passage of a draconian security law for Hong Kong, the Chengs might be thinking about getting out of town for a while... In fact, as of the time of writing, there are a good number of people in Hong Kong who have made the same decision and are now seeking to emigrate elsewhere, with the UK government even fast-tracking routes to citizenship for them.

** Peik Lin complaining that Rachel looks like Sebastian from ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid'' in her red dress becomes this in light of Awkwafina voicing Scuttle in the [[Film/TheLittleMermaid2023 live-action adaptation]] five years later.

** Peik Lin complaining that Rachel looks like Sebastian from ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid'' in her red dress becomes this in light of Awkwafina voicing Scuttle in the [[Film/TheLittleMermaid live-action adaptation]] five years later.

* {{Anvilicious}}: Rachel being American-born is on display in her first scene, playing the quintessentially American card game of {{TabletopGame/Poker}} using an Americana-themed deck of playing cards called [[https://store.theory11.com/products/union-playing-cards "Union" by Theory11]] to illustrate game theory.

** Is Isabel a genuinely well-meaning person whose [[AmbiguousDisorder BPD]] gets thes best of occasionally, very much against her will? Or is she a full-time manipulative WomanScorned? [[NiceGuy Charlie]] seems to believe the first, but readers are split, especially since Isabel seems to be pretty lax with her treatment and the only scene in her POV is during a breakdown.

* AwardSnub: Despite the glowing commercial and critical acclaim, and being the first major Hollywood film in 25 years to feature an all-Asian cast, it lost both its Golden Globe nominations to more traditional OscarBait fare. The backlash only worsened when it failed to be nominated in ''any'' categories at the 2019 Academy Awards. While the ensemble nature of the piece may have split the acting nominees , many were at least Best Supporting Actress nomination for Gemma Chan, due to her popularity.