It is like an extended version of Modern Family: self-consciously wild at first but sweet and sincere in the end.(Claire and Phil, seriousIy?) I'd expected something more out of Tina Fey and Steve Carell. Yet I believe they're as good as they could be in such a mediocre script!
It's a frustrating process to engage with a foreign culture with respect and open mind. What's more, by engaging one also risks losing their old identity. International students and immigrants face this problem everyday.