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:  163 reviews
Sales Rank: 2689
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): 7.4 x 5 x 0.6
MPN: D26279D
UPC: 786936182583
EAN: 0786936182583
ASIN: B00005JKGK
Theatrical Release Date: 1993
Release Date: June 4, 2002
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Product Description
JUNE IS INVITED TO JOIN THE JOY LUCK CLUB, THE WEEKLY MAHJONG GROUP OF HER RECENTLY DECEASED MOTHER. A PORTRAIT OF THE CLUB'S AUNTIES UNFOLDS, REVEALING THE STARTLING EVENTS AND CONDITIONS THAT HAVE SHAPED THEIR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF THEIR PRECIOUS DAUGHTERS.
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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 Pleased with DVD The Joy Luck Club May 12, 2009
Sandra F. Slivar (Redondo Beach, CA)
Received the DVD in a timely manner and it was in new condition. I am a satisfied customer.
True to the book and one of the BEST Asian American movies made... May 10, 2009
D. Leung (Oakland, CA USA)
If you have read the book, you will love this screen adaption of the Joy Luck Club. I count it as one of my Top Five favorite movies if not my Top One movie. It is timeless classic. Besides the two times I saw it in the theater, I have watched it first on VHS and again on DVD more times than I can count. It doesn't give the best view of Asian men, was that a personal view of writer Amy Tan, who married a Caucasion? The ending always chokes me up. Great casting, great writing, great producer and director. 6 stars out of 5!
"Best quality heart -- May 1, 2009
JNagarya (Boston, MA)
must be born this way."
Lovely, tender, funny, heartrending.
Many themes, but one most central is the immigrant experience -- the tensions between immigrants with "old country" values, and their US-born children with US values.
And about a favorite relationship: mother-daughter.
Amy Tan wrote a wonderful essay, "Mother Tongue," perhaps still available online (search for "amy tan mother tongue") in which she works through her childhood embarrassment, shame, and pain over her mother's "broken English," and at seeing her mother's victimization, and shame, for having "broken English". She finally realizes that it isn't "broken"; it's stripped to essence:
"You best quality heart. Must be born this way."
 Mothers and Daughters April 26, 2009
Leah Wall (Hanau, Germany)
A well done movie that should be seen by every mother and daughter duo. It explores a mother's hopes and dreams for their daughter as well as a daughter's desire to live their own life.
just what I was looking for April 3, 2009
Nicole K. Rece (Marietta GA)
Couldn't find this DVD anywhere around us. Came to us quickly, packed safely, and completely as described.
Thanks!!!
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