All's Fair in Love and Mahjong

5/10/2026

_All's Fair in Love & Mahjong_ is a sweet and pleasant romance movie, with the novelty of the mahjong angle. Of course it's a game anyone can play, but many have taken offense that the game and the history of the game is being taught by a white woman. The movie tries to make up for this in the smallest way possible by having Shelley (played by the one actress of Asian descent) work in the historic Chinese district of town in a Chinese heritage center where, at an annual event, she gets to walk people through the center and give the slightest bit of history about the game, such as the word meaning 'sparrows' in English, because of the clicking sounds of the tiles. Any other questions? Ask the white lady. Here's a question for the casting people -- why not cast Janel Parrish as Ronni since s