The Joy Luck Club
Four ageing Chinese women who have been moved to live in the United States, where they have married and have a good life, but when their daughters participate in Mahjong, the thing that affects badly on them, as they fear of failure, the thing that teaches them more about the complicated relationship between the mother and her daughter.
10 July 1982, Portland, Oregon, USA
30 July 1927, San Francisco, California, USA
15 January 1971, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
15 August 1938, Beijing, China
23 September 1957, Anaheim, California, USA
22 September 1969, New York City, New York, USA
1 March 1963, Troy, New York, USA
5 November 1961
19 January 1927, Beijing, China
4 August 1961, Chicago, Illinois, USA
20 November 1963, Coloane Island, Macau
March 02, 2008
Well mounted adaptation of best seller.
December 18, 2006
At the end of the press screening, Disney's publicists handed out Kleenex to the critics, an effective marketing tool but one that trivilaize the picture, relegating it to the status of a three-handkerchief women's melodrama.
January 05, 2004
Deserves every tear it wrenches from your eyes.
January 02, 2011
Poignant tale of Chinese-American moms, daughters.
January 01, 2000
Gives refreshing -- and bittersweet -- dimension to the age-old clash between generations.
December 29, 2012
If you can get past the the pacing, the length, and the occasional melodrama, "The Joy Luck Club" rewards on two levels: as a look at Asian-American and Asian culture, and as a consideration of the dynamics that shape mother-daughter relationships.
January 01, 2000
One of the most touching and moving of the year's films.
May 12, 2001
Four different actresses play the aunties in their youth, which sometimes keeps us struggling to keep the stories straight. That we do is a tribute to the power of Tan's theme about the miscommunication that separates one generation from another.
February 26, 2009
...not only fails to give the novel cinematic stature; it denigrates the delicate beauty of the book itself.
January 01, 2000
It's ravishing to look it, a truly gorgeous object. But it is not deep.
January 01, 2000
It's fascinating and satisfying the way the diverse threads are knitted together into a single tapestry.
May 20, 2003
Both sweeping and intimate, a lovely evocation of changing cultures and enduring family ties.
