Chang called Dylan's father "a stiff Asian stereotype", while Mohan of "The Oregonian" found it contradictory for an anti-racist film to contain such depiction. Peter Bradshaw of "The Guardian" even claimed that the line "If you can barely beat a little black girl" (spoken by Dylan's father) signifies that Atchison "thinks it's all right to bring in racism by making the Asians the racists". "Metro Silicon Valley"s Richard von Busack commented that "tepping around black stereotypes, the film squishes its two left feet right in the mire of Asian stereotyping". Beth Accomando of KPBS also criticized Dylan and his father's portrayal as "painful cliches", while Schager of "Slant Magazine" found it not authentic, even likening Dylan's father "dictatorial" style to Mao Zedong.