The Joy Luck Club
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Movie Reviews of The Joy Luck Club
Movie Review: "Best quality heart --
Summary: 5 Stars
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."
Movie Review: One of my favorite films...
Summary: 5 Stars
I LOVE the joy luck club. It's one of those films that everyone can relate to. The divorcee, the overachiever, the immigrant child (myself), the disfunctional family, the difficult life experiences that changed you, the difficult relationships and sacrifices one had to make, the mother/daughter conflicts, the rivalries. It's truly wonderful to watch because it's so real.
Often in films we see a fantasised version of things, everything has a fairy tale ending. In this film there are no fairy tale endings where everything falls into place nicely. This film is not like that. At the end, luckily, things improve for everyone when the family does become closer.
I would say that it's a film everyone should have in their dvd collection.
Movie Review: Great Movie, DVD could've been better
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of those movies that I fell in love with back when in it first opened. Over the last couple of years, I had been seeking this title on DVD, searching the Chinatowns of San Francisco, New York, and Vancouver to no avail. I had the same bad luck when I visited China earlier this year, as I could not find one copy in any of the major cities. FINALLY, this DVD has been released, and the picture and sound are just fantastic. Only problem is...no Chinese subtitles, which is an odd creative decision given the scope of this movie. I was really hoping to share this movie with my mother-in-law and father-in-law. Oh well. When you purchase this DVD, you get great picture, sound, and English subtitles, but NO extras. Still better than the VHS version, though.Movie Review: From one generation to the next
Summary: 5 Stars
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!
Movie Review: Love this movie, over and over!
Summary: 5 Stars
I never purchase a movie unless I know I (or my kids) will watch it many times. I love the separate story lines and how they tie together, and I get tearful at the same parts every single time. I've heard this movie called a "chick flick" but I think it is more about culture and family. I think many people can relate to some part of the story. It's about some Chinese women and, through flashbacks, how they came together, and how their Chinese American daughters relate to their traditional parents and modern situations. It is about Asian families, but I'm African American and it really moved me. My 14 year-old is the one who suggested we get the DVD because we had it on VHS years ago but it got lost.