The Joy Luck Club | Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin | Emotional Scars And Cultural Differences Require...

The Joy Luck Club | Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin | WOW, my life, only Asian

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The Joy Luck Club

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highly recommended

Emotional Scars And Cultural Differences Require Generational Healing

Four Chinese women transplanted in the U.S.A. brag about their daughters accomplishments (real or fabricated) whenever they come together. They call these informal social gatherings the 'Joy Luck Club', a name meant to express their parental hopes and dreams for their daughter's future.

While most of their conversations through the years are based on one-upmanship, eventually their false personas fall away and the real emotional traumas and hardships of their lives float to the surface. As we learn more about the past of these four women and the lives they led in China the better we come to understand the emotional, cultural dynamics between mother and daughter and how their relationships have adversely affected the lives of their offspring.

There is much sadness in this film, but there is also hope and redemption offered for a brighter future. The ending is certain to bring tears to your eyes. Much more than just a chic flick. Very Highly Recommended!

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WOW, my life, only Asian

i love this movie. i love the characters. this could be MY family (except I'm not Asian, no disrespect intended.)

the mom, the daughter always trying to get approval. oh, boy, that is very close to home! the couple where the tight a** husband keeps track of the money, down to the penny - that would be my brother-in-law, Jack. (sorry jack, but you know you are just like that!)

i love the white boy one daughter brings home, and how he is so inept at the traditions and says something stupid about the dinner - so close to home that it was embarrassing to watch! (that would be my sister's husband, Peter)

the pie, the peanut butter chocolate pie the girl makes for her soon to be ex - that would be my dear Norman's sister, Beth - she even makes a pie like that. and her man still left, even after she made him the pie.

like i said, this could be my family - my dysfunctional family that i love to death!

gotta see this movie - it's GREAT!!! funny, sweet, meaningful, a very good portrait of life. in any family.

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Joy Luck Club

One of my all time favorite movies. It was a had to have. I highly recommend this movie, especially for women of all ages. I can see myself in so many of the characters. The woman I am, and the one I want to be.

a mix bag

Overall, I like this movie. I've seen it a couple of times, and it's a heart-tugger.

As a second-generation Asian American, I could definitely relate to issues of trying to reconcile having parents of a previous generation and growing up "westernized" in the States. It can be difficult to strike a balance when Asian and western cultures and values appear to be so different. So I thought the movie portrayed this dynamic very well.

However, the movie's portrayal of gender relations between Asian men and women is awful. It's just way too one-sided and gives no depth to the characters of the Asian men. The movie characterizes Andrew McCarthy's character - a white guy - as the only "good" guy, while the only good Asian character is the father who plays the more stereotypical Asian grandfather type. If anything, this movie just reinforces stereotypes of Asian men - not only with roles they play in movies, but sadly as they relate to gender relations.

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