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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.

100

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

Mar 5, 2002

Samuel Goldwyn Films

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

Mildly charming.

February 2, 2009 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
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Ambitious and entertaining.

July 23, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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Wonderfully seductive, and nicely knowing about all of its characters' appetites.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
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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 | Comment
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Who said foreign films can't be fun?

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews | Comment
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A spicy, well-written comedy about family, food and independence.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
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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 | Comment
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The study of social manners and suppressed feelings became Lee's specialty.

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

The creatively decorative food presentations upstage the soap opera story.

March 28, 2006 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
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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 | Comment (1)

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

February 28, 2003 Comment
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Audience Reviews for Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu)

Interesting movie about a family and food.

July 14, 2007
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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
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Foreign Titles

  • Eat, Drink, Man, Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (DE)
  • Eat, Drink, Man, Woman (Yin shi nan nu) (UK)
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