The Joy Luck Club
France Nuyen, Kieu Chinh, Lauren Tom
Stories told by four elderly Chinese women and their American-born daughters while playing mah-jongg.
DVD Released: June 4, 2002
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August 30, 2008"I tell you the story because I was raised the Chinese way. I was taught to desire nothing, to swallow other people's misery, and to eat my own bitterness. And even though I taught my daughter the opposite, still she came out the same way. Maybe it is because she was born to m... ...( read more )
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June 20, 2008Based on the novel by Amy Tan, about four elderly Chinese women who left China for America and their relationships with their American born daughters. Each relationship is strained because of the hardships that each mother had endured. How come Andrew McCarthy never ages?
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June 1, 2008This is a great film that takes you into the lives of these women. Each story is different. I love it!!! Mothers and daughters...watch it together!!!
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November 19, 2007I will admit to seeing this movie in the name of "my 1000th review". This movie is about a bunch of Asian chicks that have bad relationships with everything. Not terrible though.
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January 22, 2007Decent. I liked the book, but this movie didn't make much of an impression on me.
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July 4, 2009Very touching story about Chinese women in America in relationship to their Chinese-American daughters. I could see what made Amy Tan so popular in the 90s, although I never read the book, even though my Chinese-American mother recommended it.
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May 12, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
One of the most touching and moving of the year's films. full review
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