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| The Joy Luck Club | 
 enlarge | Actors: Diane Baker, Michael Paul Chan, Rosalind Chao, Kim Chew, Chao Li Chi
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  149 reviews
Sales Rank: 2167
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Published)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 139
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5 x 0.6
MPN: 786936182583
UPC: 786936182583
EAN: 0786936182583
ASIN: B00005JKGK
Theatrical Release Date: 1993
Release Date: June 4, 2002
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Product Description
The stories of four native-born Chinese women and their American-born daughters, showing the influence each has on the others' lives, and how they are the same and different.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 14-OCT-2003
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com
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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 Outstanding!!! August 9, 2008
I had pegged "The Joy Luck Club" as a "woman's movie" (whatever that may mean to anyone). I had expected this to be more of a gender-focussed film that would make it as interesting to a male audience as a Rambo movie would be of interest to a female audience. I watched it recently I confess that I was very very wrong. This is a movie of so many dimensions that it defies any categorization other than "Great Movies". It tells six seperate stories and uses a trio of mother/daughter experiences and relationships to tell those stories. From the first to the last (and everything in between) these stories are woven together to give us all an insight to life and life's experiences. The contrast between Old World and New World are as instruction as the generational differences that we all are familiar with. Each story tells of an individual struggle against diverse challenges. The movie amplifies it's greatness by allowing a willing audience to share in the revelations that mother and daughter, "aunts and nieces", as well as "cousins" discover about each other. Each person grows from the discoveries in the stories that are shared and we, the audience, are all the better for the experience.
The acting is superb, the sets and costumes are outstanding, and the script and direction are first-rate. Maybe you have heard all about this movie, seen it several times, read the book, or otherwise know that "The Joy Luck Club" is a modern screen classic. I had the pleasure to discover that for myself and I am grateful for the experience. There aren't that many movies anymore that catch me by surprise like this one.
One of the Best! July 27, 2008
The Joy Luck Club is such a great find. A chic flic! This movies leaves you crying and smiling and engulfed in thesse womens lifes. Worth sitting down and watching. Great rainy day movie.
It will make you laugh, cry and sometimes both! June 18, 2008
It's a sad fact of life that most of us never take the time to get to know the people who made it possible for us be here. Parents, for many of us, remain an enigma. Their lives, before we came into the world, are all to often shrouded in a mist does not rise while they are alive. A mist that all to often becomes permanantly impenatrable after they have left this world. For the young women in this movie this is not to be the case. Because of the circumstances of thier lives these mothers will reveal thier secrets to thier daughters. The daughters will learn the wisdom of thier mothers and find that they learn much about themselves in the process. This movie will pull every emotion out of you and leave you feeling tired, but better for the journey. It will leave you with wisdom by which to judge, and perhaps change, your lives. Give it to someone you love and then share the experience with them. I did and I'm glad!
From one generation to the next June 12, 2008
Yes, it's a girly movie, but who says guys don't have the same problems? It's not enough that many mothers and daughters have communication issues but add cultural differences on top of it and you've got a collision waiting to happen!
The mothers grew up in the old country and each have a unique and heartfelt story to tell. The mother's were survivors and were able to escape the life they were born into and found new lives for themselves. Who says baggage doesn't follow you and the next geneartion?
The American born daughters clash with their mothers growing up but finally have the heart to heart talk with their mothers that can finally unite them. A little communication can go a long way!
A Mother's Wish Fulfilled May 22, 2008
The Joy Luck Club, based on Amy Tan's bestselling novel, is a powerful drama about four Chinese-American families that endures sorrow and painful moments. Ming-Na gives a great performance as June, the daughter of a deceased Chinese immigrant who found out she has twin sisters. Rosalind Chao, Lauren Tom and Tamlyn Tomita were also great in their respective roles. The only part of the film that really got me emotionally, was the young girl drowned her infant son in a flashback. This movie should have won an Oscar for best picture.
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