美籍華裔作家比莉得知祖母患上了末期癌症，但家人決定不將病情告之祖母，認為這樣對她的身心都有好處。為了令蒙在鼓􉅆的祖母安享晚年，他們更把一個婚禮提前舉行，希望在她有生之年最後一次共敘天倫。比莉雖然對於家人的處理方式感到忐忑不安，但還是要回長春探望感情要好的祖母。兩人快要天人永隔，但比莉卻有口難言。不過在這一切之中，卻令「竹升妹」比莉重新認識自己的故鄉，並重修與家人的關係。導演兼編劇王子逸，把自己的親身經歷改編成笑中有淚的喜劇，情感真摯動人。近年在荷里活冒起的亞裔演員Awkwafina，飾演女主角比莉，突破以往的搞笑形象，成熟的演技令人眼前一亮。

After learning their beloved grandma has terminal lung cancer, a family opts not to tell her the truth, thinking it would be better for her. Instead, they schedule an impromptu wedding-reunion back in China, for one last time. Headstrong and emotional writer Billi rebels against her parents’ directive to stay in New York and joins the family as they awkwardly attempt to rekindle old bonds, throw together a wedding that only grandma is actually looking forward to, and surreptitiously say their goodbyes.