The Joy Luck Club Comments

  • Merritt 2023-09-23 10:21:17

    It's not that the spirit of the original book is still there, even Samsung doesn't want to play, too many lines and too many narrations consume watching patience! Most of the time, there are awkward and contrived performances and chanting methods. Love the part of the waverly mother and daughter and the personal performance of the last rose role. The language of the shots originally had the taste of Yang Dechang, but the lines completely destroyed the beauty of the image, and the director was...

  • Drew 2023-09-16 02:46:14

    I feel like I don't like...

  • Fay 2023-07-31 15:08:27

    The script is too good, the music is too beautiful, but unfortunately the dialogue is too fake. "We are like going up the stairs, step by step, up or down, repeating the same fate...

  • Carmine 2023-06-30 14:16:47

    I think the title could also be called "Daughter Red" or "Women's Epic" or something. The sense of story is very strong, but unfortunately there are always some strange elements that distort the image of China, for example, how involuntary the fate of Chinese women is. I like Wu Junmei, and in my mind Sister Meiling's...

  • Scarlett 2023-05-19 08:23:18

    The hardships and struggles of immigrant women in the old country, and the generation gap and cultural conflict of the second generation are the main thread. China in the story is more like a symbol of darkness, backwardness and suffering, while the United States has family conflicts, but in the end it is peace and joy. . However, what I watched recently, whether it was the Joy Luck Club or Taipei Mom and Dad, made me think that I probably didn't have the kind of tenacity and awareness of the...

  • Dayana 2023-05-15 02:23:05

    It feels so awkward in some places. As a Chinese American, Amy Tan may not have a deep understanding of some things that belong to that era, and after all, there are some factors of cultural differences. But the description of the emotional drama between mother and daughter should belong to her strength, and her understanding of many seemingly unreasonable and paranoid thoughts of her mother's generation is very "considerate" combined with...

  • Deonte 2023-05-06 08:08:59

    It is a female film that reflects the cultural differences between the two generations, but it has a stronger orientalism. What is commendable is that it starts from the female subject, and the ending is very touching. The young Yu Feihong is very amazing, but unfortunately he doesn't look good when he is old. Looking forward to Wang Ying's new work "Snowflake Secret Fan" making...

  • Krystel 2023-03-17 09:48:56

    The story is much better than Amy Tan's later "The Bonemaker's Daughter". It should be regarded as the most classic Chinese family love...

  • Georgianna 2023-02-13 09:50:19

    Born in the old society, grew up under the banner of rice. The description of China in the past, although not ugly, is a deliberate contrast. Highlights: Some scenes reminded me of myself and my...

  • Itzel 2023-02-12 15:06:59

    This kind of film of the last century, the concept and perspective are so outdated that it caused me to feel unwell, dreaming of the Qing Dynasty. . . To get more than 8:00 points, it depends on the moving blessings of those former Qing Dynasty veterans at the beginning of the century. Now let them come back to see that they will definitely not be able to score such a high score. One feeling is that we are indeed in the 21st century, and the narrative of the old colonialist period like...

Extended Reading

The Joy Luck Club quotes

  • An-Mei: It was an old tradition. Only the most dutiful of daughters would put her own flesh in a soup to save her mother's life. My mother did this with her whole heart even though my grandmother had disowned her. This is how a daughter honors her mother. The pain of the flesh is nothing. The pain you must forget. This is the most important sacrifice a daughter can make for her mother.

  • An-Mei: I tell you the story because I was raised the Chinese way. I was taught to desire nothing, to swallow other people's misery, and to eat my own bitterness. And even though I taught my daughter the opposite, still she came out the same way. Maybe it is because she was born to me and she was born a girl, and I was born to my mother and I was born a girl, all of us like stairs, one step after another, going up, going down, but always going the same way. No, this cannot be, this not knowing what you're worth, this not begin with you. My mother not know her worth until too late - too late for her, but not for me. Now we will see if not too late for you, hmm?