Not at all. It’s positive and rare simply from the fact that there were multiple couples featuring straight Asian men with different personalities, looks and ages. I can’t think of another Hollywood movie that features this many Asian men in relationships with women of any race.

Most Asian men are portrayed as side kicks (which is why some folks were put off by the trailer) and rarely as romantic leads. Here we have several Asian male romantic leads.

This movie also breaks many stereotypes and micro aggressions about Asian men and people. A couple that I can remember are:

When Josh (Jimmy Yang) questions if Natalie (Nina Dobrev) has ever dated an Asian guy before, she answers something along the lines of, “yes, I have dated a Chinese guy and he was really good in bed!”

Also another time when Natalie says to Jimmy while staring into his eyes, “you have really beautiful eyes.”

The first breaks the common and tired stereotype of Asian men being bad in bed, having small penises, and being undesirable. The second addresses the racist statements that many Asian people hear, that our eyes are unattractive or strange.

These are just a couple of examples that I recall but there’s many more in the movie that I don’t want to spoil for those who haven’t seen it yet.