A combination of fresh ingredients mixed together with skill to create a well-balanced harmony of diverse flavours. Delicious.
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08/20/01
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What's Cooking? (2000)
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Reviews Counted:65
Fresh:34
Rotten:31
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: What's Cooking? is well-acted, but the scenes sometimes sink into melodrama as characters scream at each other, and the movie as a whole is too lightweight and forgettable.
Theatrical Release:Nov 17, 2000 Limited
Box Office: $660,140
Synopsis: Coming together is the theme of What's Cooking?, Gurinder Chadha's funny, mouth-watering and deeply moving vision of 21st century diversity and the future of the American family -- all set on... [More]
Starring: Joan Chen, Julianna Margulies, Mercedes Ruehl, Kyra Sedgwick
Director: Gurinder Chadha
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Reviews for What's Cooking?
Like the Turkey Day feast, the delicious payoff is worth the wait.
01/01/00
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12/30/06
It's a meal you may feel you've eaten before, but you nonetheless walk away stuffed and happy.
01/01/00
Top CriticChadha melds comedy and tragedy so masterfully that one's laughing at and crying for the characters simultaneously.
01/01/00
Patient viewers will find that by the time the sparks start to fly and the tears to flow, the wait will have been worth it, to say nothing of the laughs.
01/01/00
Top CriticI enjoy kissing women, and I'd be happy to do it again.
04/04/01
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04/10/01
The different ethnicities are presented with keen observation and affection.
01/01/00
This valentine to the cultural diversity that defines L.A. is a second-tier Altman (or even Paul Thomas Anderson)a broad, accessible comedy that contrasts four large and dynamic families residing on the same street: Latino, black, Jewish, and Asian.
12/20/06
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08/20/01
Chadha celebrates the cultural and racial diversity of Los Angeles. . . . Don’t miss this wonderful film!
01/01/00
I was most impressed with the story of Kyra's character, and how her lifestyle affects her relationship with her parents.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
If the story is banal, the dialogue lacking in sharpness, and the exposition taking forever before Chadha cuts to the chase, the well-acted film is a love poem to the city of angels.
01/01/00
The writers observe each family with a knowing eye and a miraculously even hand that lends the jokes the ring of truth.
01/01/00
Top CriticThis is a terrific holiday film.
10/21/02
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03/05/02
Chadha manages to infuse enough humor and fun moments into the film that most viewers will probably enjoy what it has to offer.
01/01/00
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