The Joy Luck Club
by Wayne Wang
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Actor: France Nuyen, Kieu Chinh, Rosalind Chao, Tamlyn Tomita, Tsai ChinDirector: Wayne Wang
Brand: Disney
Producer: Amy Tan
Writer: Amy Tan
Producer: Janet Yang
Producer: Jessinta Liu
Producer: Oliver Stone
Producer: Patrick Markey
Writer: Ronald Bass
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Published)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 139 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-06-04
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
DVD Reviews of The Joy Luck Club
DVD Review: good deal
Summary: 5 Stars
Good condition, got here fast, and the quality was great. I would definately buy from this retailer again.DVD Review: Just Perfect!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This was perfect! I received it in a very timely manner, and I love the movie! It was in excellent condition, and yes, it was in fact, "Brand New." Thank you!!DVD Review: Depressing Stereotyping
Summary: 1 Stars
Someone actually described this film as presenting "eight totally unique stories". Actually, it's the same story again and again, drearily repeated: good Chinese woman abused by horrible Chinese man. I cannot believe anyone's vision was ever limited enough to produce a film in which one character after another is presented as such a caricature.
DVD Review: Great item, great service, fast delivery!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was very pleased with the whole purchasing experience, which was my very first time buying online through such a service. It was easy, safe and delivery was faster than I had anticipated. The product -- a movie DVD -- was high quality and everything I had expected.DVD Review: Great Chick Flick by Asian Dude
Summary: 5 Stars
As much as I think it's a great movie, thanks to the sensitive directing of Wayne Wang (an Asian American male), the biase against Asian males bordering on racist stereotypes simply comes through. I can empathize the venomous comments by some Asian males here, but I think it's going a bit overboard. Even though stereotypical caricatures are often based on partial truth, I find the cheapskate jerk Asian American husband portrayal the most troubling. Oddly, most Asian guys are the opposite when it comes to money. The husband, by all accounts even though Asian, is really embodying western values of individualism and legalistic formal contracts rather than the Asian traditional emphasis on community, sharing, and personal trust. I can understand the historical premise behind the negative portrayals of wife abuse and concubines by Asian males, but there is no basis to use an Asian male as a cloak for the sins of western values.
The last part of the movie is beautifully done. Wayne Wang's directing and cinematography is superb and Rachel Portman's melancholic scoring adds so much to the emotional catharsis. When June says "cheah cheah" (which is so fitting as a sign of love and respect for the two "elder sisters") and starts breaking up .... that's where I break up too!
I must end by saying that even though my race and gender gets knocked a little bit by the negative portrayals, both justified and unjustified, this is a must see chick flick for any human who has an ounce or more of universal love within them regardless of race or gender! A 5 STARS MOVIE!
Description of The Joy Luck Club
Produced by Academy Award(R)-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone (Best Picture -- PLATOON) and based on the powerful #1 best-selling book, THE JOY LUCK CLUB tells the uplifting story of four remarkable friends whose extraordinary lives are filled with joy and heartbreak. Their lifelong friendship reveals a mosaic of the startling events and conditions that have shaped their lives -- and how these experiences have affected the hopes and dreams they hold for each of their children. Hailed as one of the must-see films of the year, this exceptional motion picture is sure to entertain and inspire you from beginning to end!The 1993 film adaptation of Amy Tan's bestselling novel is both a delight and a moving experience, an anthology of stories wrapped in one Chinese-American woman's journey to understand her roots. Wayne Wang (Eat a Bowl of Tea) directs a large, outstanding cast spread over eight different tales of the lives of Chinese women, most of them set in the past. The script by Tan and Ronald Bass (Rain Man) is a delicate balance of emotions that swell but don't gush, and Wang brings impressive texture and a personal feel to Tan's descriptions of daily life in the Chinese-American community. This sprawling, good-looking movie makes for a cathartic tearjerker one can feel good about. --Tom Keogh
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