Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 06/04/2002
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 139 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Not For Children
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney Video
Director
Wayne Wang and screenwriter
Ronald Bass effectively interweave sixteen mother-daughter tales in their silken film version of
Amy Tan's best-selling novel about the clash between generations. The film takes place in present-day San Francisco, concentrating on a group of late-middle-aged Chinese women. Ever since arriving in the United States after World War II, the women have gathered weekly to play mah-jongg and to tell stories, regaling each other with tales of their children and grandchildren, giving each other a sense of hope and renewal in the midst of poverty and hardship. The Joy Luck Club is made up of four women -- Suyuan (
Kieu Chinh), Lindo (
Tsai Chin), Ying Ying (
France Nuyen), and An Mei (
Lisa Lu). But when Suyuan dies, the three surviving members invite Suyuan's daughter June (
Ming-Na Wen) to take her place. Along with the daughters of the other members -- Waverly (
Tamlyn Tomita), Lena (
Lauren Tom), and Rose (
Rosalind Chao) -- June is a Chinese-American with only a passing interest in her rich cultural heritage. But through vignettes that switch back and forth in time, the daughters begin to appreciate the struggles of their mothers to start their families in the optimistic promise of the United States.
~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
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One of 1993's Top 10 Best Films.
Director Wayne Wang collaborates with authoress Amy Tan and Ronald Bass (all three of whom co-produced the movie with Patrick Markey) in bringing her number one best-selling novel to life on the silver screen. It tells about four remarkable friends, who survived--and prevailed--against all odds in China, and their assimilated American-borne daughters, whose own troubles seem almost trivial by comparison. Oliver Stone is the co-executive producer with Janet Yang. Starring Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin, France Nuyen, Lisa Lu, Ming-Na Wen, Tamlyn Tomita, Rosalind Chao, Andrew McCarthy, Lauren Tom, Chao-Li Chi, Victor Wong, Diane Baker, Vivian Wu, Michael Paul Chan, Irene Ng, Melanie Chang, Christopher Rich, Russell Wong, Kim Chew, Nicholas Guest, Phillip Moon, William Gong, and Tian Ming Wu.
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