Always Be My Maybe (2019) review

Marcus (Randall Park) and Sasha (Ali Wong) grow up next to each other in San Francisco, lose their virginity to each other and then have a big fight and don't talk for sixteen years: in that time, she's become a celebrity chef and he's still living with his father and playing in a band, but when they reunite, something gets re-kindled.  It's nice that Asian-Americans are getting more screen-time - America is a melting pot with so many cultures and great stories - except this storyline is tedious and, worse of all, the opposite of funny, which is irritating because Wong is a stand-up comedienne and Park's quirkiness is typically refreshing.  It brings up the issue of class warfare - is it okay that middle-class HVAC tech Marcus is the "purse holder" to Wong's food mogul? (the answer: sure!) - and the 'arguments' feel manufactured by the screenwriting team, although it does have a few delightful scenes with Keanu Reeves playing some unfathomably egotistical version of "himself" and doing a satirical version of a head-in-the-clouds "movie star." Real Keanu is nothing like that.  The man just wants to ride his bikes.