The Joy Luck Club
Participating in the competition of Mahjong, in which the daughters of four ageing Chinese women, who have been moved into living in the United States, where they have a nice life and making families, leads them to know and understand the complicated relationship between the mother and her daughter well.
4 August 1961, Chicago, Illinois, USA
14 October 1954, Happy Valley, Hong Kong
5 April 1927, Shanxi Province, China
25 February 1938, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
5 November 1961
31 July 1939, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
19 February 1952, Oakland, California, USA
15 January 1971, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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.
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.
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 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.
January 01, 2000
It's fascinating and satisfying the way the diverse threads are knitted together into a single tapestry.
January 01, 2000
Gives refreshing -- and bittersweet -- dimension to the age-old clash between generations.
January 02, 2011
Poignant tale of Chinese-American moms, daughters.
January 05, 2004
Deserves every tear it wrenches from your eyes.
May 20, 2003
Both sweeping and intimate, a lovely evocation of changing cultures and enduring family ties.
March 02, 2008
Well mounted adaptation of best seller.
