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The Joy Luck Club (VHS)
Auction ID: 146875
| Status: Closed | Item viewed 2299 times
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This is a previously viewed VHS tape in good condition!   
Item specifics - VHS | | Condition: | Good: An item in used but good condition. May have minor damage to jewel case including scuffs or cracks,... Read more | Format: | VHS |
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| Rating: | R | Leading Role: | Rosalind Chao, Ming-Na Wen |
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| Release Date: | Mar 30, 1994 | Director: | Wayne Wang |
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| UPC: | 765362291038 | Format: | NTSC (US, Canada) |
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| Genre: | Drama | Sub-Genre: | -- |
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Detailed item info| Movie description | After the successful independent features about Chinese-American life DIM SUM and EAT A BOWL OF TEA, director Wayne Wang took on the daunting task of adapting Amy Tan's sprawling, multigenerational best-seller THE JOY LUCK CLUB. After her mother's death, June (Ming-Na Wen) is asked to take her place in a mahjong club. The three other members, like her mother, were all born in China before the 1949 revolution. When June learns that she has two half sisters in China, she plans a trip to meet them. With this catalyst, the women begin to tell stories, not just about but their own mothers and their lives in China, but also about their often strained relationships with their Americanized daughters. The flashbacks to China are dramatic, and the stories are heartbreaking. As the film progresses, June learns about a culture that's supposedly her own but that she can touch only through the commonality of the mother-daughter bond. It is this nexus that makes the movie work. There are multiple points of view, but they are always connected by the universal desire for one generation of women to pass on their hopes for a better life to their daughters. This feeling, without being cloying or overly sentimental, underlines the emotional tales in this moving, well-acted, and beautifully staged drama.
| | Credits | | Cast: | Victor Wong, France Nuyen, Lisa Lu, Tamlyn Tomita, Rosalind Chao, Lauren Tom, Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin, Ming-Na Wen, Chao Li Chi |
| | Editorial reviews | "...Both sweeping and intimate, a lovely evocation of changing cultures and enduring family ties....The film is virtually stolen by Tsai Chin as the sly, acerbic Auntie Lindo..."
New York Times - Janet Maslin (09/08/1993)
"...Often moving..." - Recommended
Premiere - Anthony Reilly (04/01/1994)
"...A rich, multi-course movie..."
Sight and Sound - Leslie Felperin (04/01/1994)
"...Beautifully made and acted and emotionally moving....Visually, [the] film is splendid..."
Variety - Todd McCarthy (09/13/1993)
"...In a screenplay remarkable for its complexity and force, THE JOY LUCK CLUB moves effortlessly between past and present, between what was, and how it became what is....One of the most touching and moving of the year's films..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (09/17/1993)
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