The Joy Luck Club |  | Director: Wayne Wang
Actors: Tamlyn Tomita, Rosalind Chao, Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin, France Nuyen
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.99
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Rating:  170 reviews
Sales Rank: 3157
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Published)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 139 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D26279D
UPC: 786936182583
EAN: 0786936182583
ASIN: B00005JKGK
Theatrical Release Date: 1993
Release Date: June 4, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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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 Great movie January 21, 2010
Anthony P. Ross (East Liverpool, OH)
This is a great movie, I put this in the same catagory as The Color Purple and Crash, which I also recommend.
 Not the reality January 11, 2010
Epsilon Delta (CA USA)
The movie depicted the Asian man as a guy who always wants the wife to pay half of the money. In reality, I see more women trying to use men's hoping to be a gentleman to make him pay for this and that, and to get away with things she did that was bad.
Another thing is that the movie depicted Asian men as bad guys. But in reality, I found that Asian men tend to be the "nice guys". And in fact, too nice that it became "nice guys finish last".
So this movie just uglify Asian Men. The truth is, if you want to uglify anything, you can successfully do it. If you uglify with humor, at least people know it is just for making fun of somebody. If you uglify and make it look like a reality, then it is not so good.
good deal October 31, 2009
M. K. Marino
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Good condition, got here fast, and the quality was great. I would definately buy from this retailer again.
Just Perfect!! October 9, 2009
Green Trees (Ellicott City, MD)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
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!!
Depressing Stereotyping September 14, 2009
Christopher Tricarick
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
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