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Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

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Reviews Counted:30

Fresh:28

Rotten:2

Average Rating:7.4/10

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

Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: Every Sunday, venerable chef Chu (Sihung Lung) prepares an elaborate dinner for his three lovely daughters. Despite Chu's exotic dishes, the family barely nibbles at the food. The listless mealtime... Every Sunday, venerable chef Chu (Sihung Lung) prepares an elaborate dinner for his three lovely daughters. Despite Chu's exotic dishes, the family barely nibbles at the food. The listless mealtime ritual mirrors the foursome's general lack of appetite for life: Chu has lost his sense of taste, and his daughters just want to go on with their separate, lonely lives. But something new is cooking that is about to spice up everyone's existence, and three marriages and a funeral later, the Chu family will learn to embrace life's unpredictabilty. The third and final film in director Ang Lee's Father Knows Best trilogy, EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN is laugh-out-loud funny in its depiction of the foibles of the contemporary Taiwanese family. Whenever one of the characters utters "I have an announcement," be prepared for ensuing hilarity. The film also movingly captures the complexities of modern life, the inevitability of change, and the necessity for Zen-like balance. Lee himself seems to have absorbed the film's central message. After this film, he began to take on a variety of projects, boldly covering vastly different subjects such as 18th-century England, the New Age 1970s, and the Civil War. [More]

Starring: Sihung Lung, Kuei-Mei Yang, Chien-Lien Wu, Yu-Wen Wang

Starring: Sihung Lung, Kuei-Mei Yang, Chien-Lien Wu, Yu-Wen Wang, Winston Chao

Director: Ang Lee

Director: Ang Lee

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

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment 1 Comment
01/26/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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A remarkably assured comedy-drama of domestic life in Taiwan.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
02/02/09
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Mildly charming.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
02/02/09
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader

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

Full Review Source: Turner Classic Movies Online | comment Comment
08/27/08
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Turner Classic Movies Online

Ambitious and entertaining.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
07/23/08
Leonard Klady
Leonard Klady
Variety
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No review available.

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12/26/06
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

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

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
06/21/06
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

The creatively decorative food presentations upstage the soap opera story.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
03/28/06
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

No review available.

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06/19/04
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

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02/08/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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02/02/04
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
About.com

No review available.

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10/16/03
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

No review available.

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08/21/03
John Esther
John Esther
Pasadena Weekly

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Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment 1 Comment
05/20/03
D. S.
D. S.
Palo Alto Weekly

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

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/20/03
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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Solid but sometimes slow drama. I prefer the update "Tortilla Soup."

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02/28/03
Forrest Hartman
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal

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01/10/03
Nick Davis
Nick Davis
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12/23/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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12/19/02
Brian J. Arthurs
Brian J. Arthurs
Beach Reporter (Southern California)

Superb interweaving of the motifs of food and the search for love

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
08/23/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
 
 
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