Release: What We Were Promised

What We Were Promised
Genre: Drama
Director: Ang Lee
Writer: Eden Townsend
Based on the novel by Lucy Tan
Cast: Constance Wu, Pom Klementieff, Henry Golding, Steven Yeun, Chow Yun-Fat, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, Daniel Wu, Gemma Chan, Choi Min-sik, Michelle Yeoh, Manny Jacinto, Lewis Tan



Budget: $41,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $11,975,447
Foreign Box Office: $12,369,716
Total Profit: -$36,139,019

Reaction: The poor box office showing of this film continues Ang Lee's box office woes. This one had a lot working against it financially - especially the relatively high budget and lack of bankable actors.

"What We Were Promised is too busy and too disjointed. It's not uncommon for a film to be made of a novel that just doesn't work as a filmic story, and that is certainly the case with Ang Lee's adaptation." - Clark Davis, JoBlo.com

"Based on the talented cast and director, as well as the acclaim of the source material, I was expecting something special. Perhaps my expectations were too high, because this film did not work for me at all. What little actual story there was didn't grab my attention, and it was frequently convoluted." - Perry Manson, CinemaBlend.com

"Some stories just don't work as a film. The plotting is far too loose and far too many characters serve little to no purpose. There are some interesting cultural elements present in the film, but unfortunately for the filmmakers cultural elements alone cannot make a film work." - Charles Yost, Oregonian

Rated PG-13 for some sexual content and thematic elements