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Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)

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Average Rating: 7.4/10
Reviews Counted: 31
Fresh: 29 | Rotten: 2

Though it suffers from problems of pace and character development, Ang Lee's generational comedy offers filmgoers a fine, low-calorie treat.

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Average Rating: 7.9/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 0

Though it suffers from problems of pace and character development, Ang Lee's generational comedy offers filmgoers a fine, low-calorie treat.

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Director Ang Lee's follow-up to his surprise box-office hit The Wedding Banquet is another look at ethnic and sexual conflicts in a Chinese family, with meals as a centerpiece of the film. Master chef Chu (Sihung Lung) is a long-time widower who lovingly cooks large Sunday dinners for his three daughters, who view the meals as too traditional. Secretly, however, successful airline executive Jia-Chien (Chien-Lien Wu) loves traditional cooking and would like to be a chef like her father, if women

Unrated, 2 hr. 3 min.

Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Comedy

Directed By: Ang Lee

In Theaters: Aug 3, 1994 Wide

On DVD: Mar 5, 2002

Samuel Goldwyn Films

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Cast

Sihung Lung
Chu
Kuei-Mei Yang
Jen
Wu Chien-lien
Kien
Yu-Wen Wang
Ah-Leh Gua
Madame Liang
Sylvia Chang
Jin-Rong
Winston Chao
Li Kai
Lester Chen
Chin-Cheng Lu

Critic Reviews for Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu)

All Critics (31) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (29) | Rotten (2) | DVD (9)

Mildly charming.

February 2, 2009 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

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Ambitious and entertaining.

July 23, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Leonard Klady

Variety

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Wonderfully seductive, and nicely knowing about all of its characters' appetites.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Janet Maslin

New York Times

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Eat Drink Man Woman is a delicacy but also something more -- something like food for the heart.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Hal Hinson

Washington Post

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Who said foreign films can't be fun?

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

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A spicy, well-written comedy about family, food and independence.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Edward Guthmann

San Francisco Chronicle

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A remarkably assured comedy-drama of domestic life in Taiwan.

February 2, 2009 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

The study of social manners and suppressed feelings became Lee's specialty.

August 27, 2008 Full Review Source: Turner Classic Movies Online

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Sean Axmaker

Turner Classic Movies Online

Ang Lee's two-generational soap opera displays the most elaborate food preparation and the most delectable meals since Like Water for Chocolate.

June 21, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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The creatively decorative food presentations upstage the soap opera story.

March 28, 2006 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

The food metaphor never carries weight, and the characterisations are too shallow to lend the film emotional punch.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Solid but sometimes slow drama. I prefer the update "Tortilla Soup."

February 28, 2003 Comment

Forrest Hartman

Reno Gazette-Journal Source: Reno Gazette-Journal

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Interesting movie about a family and food.

July 14, 2007

Candy Rose

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i think this is one of the first movies i've seen in my life, and to think that i still remembered it from that long ago to shake the dust off it and rewatch it really says something about this film. puts a spin on the dysfunctional family by uniting them with FOOOD. and omg this movie made me hungry.

June 2, 2007

Jennifer Xu

Super Reviewer

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