在这部摘金奇缘喜剧/爱情片中,纽约土生土长的朱丽秋（吴恬敏 饰）陪拍拖已久的男友杨力（亨利·戈尔丁 饰）回到新加坡参加死党婚礼。丽秋既为首次到亚洲旅行感到兴奋，同时亦因为要拜访杨力的家人而紧张。她在毫无准备的情况下得悉男友一直没有透露的身世……原来杨力不仅是新加坡首富的后人，亦是城中瞩目的“钻石王老 五”。身为女友的丽秋腹背受敌，不单只受到名媛的妒忌，还要面对杨力挑剔的母亲（杨紫琼 饰）阻拦。这一切都证明金钱虽然买不到爱情，却足以令事情变得非常复杂。
The story follows Rachel Chu (Wu), an American-born Chinese economics professor, who travels to her boyfriend Nick's (Golding) hometown of Singapore for his best friend's wedding. Before long, his secret is out: Nick is from a family that is impossibly wealthy, he's perhaps the most eligible bachelor in Asia, and every single woman in his ultra-rarefied social class is incredibly jealous of Rachel and wants to bring her down.
《摘金奇缘》：不仅是一部爱情喜剧。点映式感想：这部电影的主题其实是Rich而不是Asian。给华裔们拍的轻松喜剧啦，不要想多了。。致那些没看电影就打一星的人：或许它不是拍给你看的。美国人喜爱的“左宗棠鸡”式电影.。美国餐厅的麦辣鸡腿堡。《摘金奇缘》：华裔的，也是大款的，但终究是大款的。南洋与殖民地文化。“It was about HER, not about her finding love."。金碧辉煌的盛宴。
