The biggest feature of the film is that the Chinese people’s unique family ethics and doctrines of the mean are used to deal with the homosexuality problem, so that almost all the social problems that trouble families can be solved in a comedic manner in the film. This way of dealing with homosexuality and the concept of treating homosexuality is Eastern, and similar views can even be found in Chinese classical novels. But this story took place in New York, the most prosperous and modern city, where the classic and the modern meet, and the old and new ideas are inclusive after the conflict. In the narrated story, Ang Lee conveyed the confusion, helplessness and tolerance of a traditional Chinese family in the face of modern concepts in modern society.
The film continues the director Ang Lee's attention to the ethical and moral conflicts in the multicultural background and the complex interpersonal and emotional entanglements caused by it. The layout of the first half of the film may make people feel that the gunpowder primers buried in it are enough to blow up an ethical institution that has imprisoned individuals for thousands of years, during which there are many interesting question marks. But what Ang Lee showed in the face of such complicated issues is not to affirm or subvert the sharpness of any moral values, but to his calm narrative ability. Ang Lee’s excellence lies in his ability to ingeniously weave these many clues and unfold the story layer by layer, pushing it to the climax of drama conflicts, and at the same time portraying various characters in detail and cracking many values and emotions. It is carefully balanced in the name of a universal "love"
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