Director Wayne Wang and screenwriter Ronald Bass effectively interweave sixteen mother-daughter tales in their silken film version of Amy Tan's best-selling novel about the clash between generations. The film takes place in present-day San Francisco, concentrating on a group of late-middle-aged Chinese women. Ever since arriving in the United States after World War II, the women have gathered weekly to play mah-jongg and to tell stories, regaling each other with tales of their children and grandchildren, giving each other a sense of hope and renewal in the midst of poverty and hardship. The Joy Luck Club is made up of four women -- Suyuan (Kieu Chinh), Lindo (Tsai Chin), Ying Ying (France Nuyen), and An Mei (Lisa Lu). But when Suyuan dies, the three surviving members invite Suyuan's daughter June (Ming-Na Wen) to take her place. Along with the daughters of the other members -- Waverly (Tamlyn Tomita), Lena (Lauren Tom), and Rose (Rosalind Chao) -- June is a Chinese-American with only a passing interest in her rich cultural heritage. But through vignettes that switch back and forth in time, the daughters begin to appreciate the struggles of their mothers to start their families in the optimistic promise of the United States. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
Release Date The Joy Luck Club Sep 8, 1993 Wide
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Actors For The Joy Luck Club

Tsai Chin,Kieu Chinh,Lisa Lu,France Nuyen,Rosalind Chao,Tamlyn Tomita,Lauren Tom,Ming-Na Wen,Michael Paul Chan,Andrew McCarthy,Christopher Rich,Russell Wong,Vivian Wu,Jack Ford,Diane Baker,Kim Chew,Chao Li Chi,Nicholas Guest,Philip Moon,Elizabeth Sung

Genres The Joy Luck Club : Drama,Romance

Visitor Ranting & Critics For The Joy Luck Club

User Ranting The Joy Luck Club : 3.7
User Percentage For The Joy Luck Club : 87 %
User Count Like for The Joy Luck Club : 27,129
All Critics Ranting For The Joy Luck Club : 7
All Critics Count For The Joy Luck Club : 33
All Critics Percentage For The Joy Luck Club : 85 %

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Review For The Joy Luck Club
Both sweeping and intimate, a lovely evocation of changing cultures and enduring family ties.
Janet Maslin-New York Times

Four different actresses play the aunties in their youth, which sometimes keeps us struggling to keep the stories straight. That we do is a tribute to the power of Tan's theme about the miscommunication that separates one generation from another.
Peter Travers-Rolling Stone

One of the most touching and moving of the year's films.
Roger Ebert-Chicago Sun-Times

It's ravishing to look it, a truly gorgeous object. But it is not deep.
Hal Hinson-Washington Post

Gives refreshing -- and bittersweet -- dimension to the age-old clash between generations.
Desson Thomson-Washington Post

It's fascinating and satisfying the way the diverse threads are knitted together into a single tapestry.
James Berardinelli-ReelViews

If you can get past the the pacing, the length, and the occasional melodrama, "The Joy Luck Club" rewards on two levels: as a look at Asian-American and Asian culture, and as a consideration of the dynamics that shape mother-daughter relationships.
James Plath-Movie Metropolis

Poignant tale of Chinese-American moms, daughters.
Kelly Kessler-Common Sense Media

...not only fails to give the novel cinematic stature; it denigrates the delicate beauty of the book itself.
Josh Larsen-LarsenOnFilm

Well mounted adaptation of best seller.
Steve Crum-Video-Reviewmaster.com

At the end of the press screening, Disney's publicists handed out Kleenex to the critics, an effective marketing tool but one that trivilaize the picture, relegating it to the status of a three-handkerchief women's melodrama.
Emanuel Levy-EmanuelLevy.Com

Deserves every tear it wrenches from your eyes.
Michael Dequina-TheMovieReport.com

The pleasure of seeing an underrepresented group on-screen is undercut by the stereotyped approach to almost all involved.
Nick Davis-Nick's Flick Picks