There were plenty of opportunities for originality here, but other than toying with a layer of Asian exoticism, writer Donald Martin doesn't stray far from convention
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07/30/09
Dim Sum Funeral (2009)
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Reviews Counted:5
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Rotten:5
Average Rating:3.3/10
Theatrical Release:Jun 12, 2009 Limited
Synopsis: Estranged Chinese siblings return to their childhood home to pay tribute to their dead mother. They all had problems with her, but they honor her last wish: to be buried in a traditional Chinese... [More]
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Reviews for Dim Sum Funeral
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Too simplistic to be believable.
06/15/09
Overly melodramatic and soap operatic. Very familiar episodic look at a comtemporary Chinese/American family and the gaps that divide them.
06/12/09
So jaw-droppingly misguided in its blend of mawkish sentiment and comic relief that it almost elicits one's grudging admiration.
06/11/09
Top CriticDirector Anna Chi’s Chinese-American family drama, from a screenplay by Donald Martin, is ambitious in scope and banal in execution.
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