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Joy Luck Club, The

The movie was good but was disappointing after reading the novel. I am doing a research paper on the novel and decided to watch the movie, what a let down. I strongly reconmend the book, Amy Tan is a excellent writter!!

This book is absolutely amazing! The stories and plots are
very interesting and the characters have the riches
personalities. The Chinese culture shows up in this book
and gives us a cultural lesson about China and the women
residing in the country. I am in second year high school
and I am doing a report on this book. This is the type of
book I would read in my spare time not only for school. The
book as a whole is magnificent, but the plots can be
difficult to piece together. It may take more than one read-
through. Amy Tan is one of the best authors around.

This was a movie that really touched my heart. It
exellantly tells the story of two generations of Chinese
women - the mothers who immigrated to San Francisco during
about the 1940's or 50's and their daughters who grow up as
part of the middle class society(one of them does also have
a son, but that's part of the background). I was delighted
to know that Tomita's character, if I remember correctly,
had some Jewish friends in college who she practiced chess
with. You know, the Chinese have a lot in common, if not
entirely, with my people. As her mother Lindo tells
her "Chinese, Jewish, what's the difference?" (We also have
some Chinese decendants, the Kai-Feng-Fu.) The producers
did a splendid job at rounding together a cast consisting
almost entirely of Asian performers. There are also of
course some white actors in the cast, albeit they, of
course are secondary to the Chinese cast members, who are
the main focus. There are three white men in the story, two
of whom, if I recall correctly, were interracially married
to two of the daughters, one of whom was a boyfriend of the
third, and the fourth married a husband who was
authentically Asian-American. The eight women in focus all
did a splendid job together. My favorite among the younger
women I think is Chao, she was the most gorgeous looking of
the daughters. Be advised though, that some parts of the
story can certainly require a hankie or two. Do some people
consider the book to provide better insight? Yes, of course
it could, but not to worry, the movie also provides plenty
of good insight into the story as well, and it's very
recommended, albeit it is advised to bring some hankies,
there are some parts that can certainly require them. Kudos
indeed to Tan, Bass, and Wang for their splendid work here.
One question though: is the game that the women are shown
playing at the beginning Rummikub? I couldn't tell if the
rectangles that they were playing with on the kitchen table
were dominoes or Rummikub pieces.

i didnt like it at all

This is the best movie that I have ever seen.

this is really nice movie which shows mother daughter
conflict in different ways.