Eat Drink Man Woman

Pros: Fine acting, insight into preparation and artistry of Chinese cuisine, contemporary Taiwanese life, stunning women.
Cons: Mainly for aficionados of (a) cooking (b) Chinese culture and language.

Director: Ang Lee Language: Mandarin – English subtitles Eat Drink Man Woman deals with love - family love, romantic love, and love of food and its preparation. A film about the “four basic human desires which none of ...

Pros: I was able to fully appreciate this film like few others...
Cons: ...and by that I mean you probably won't be able to do the same.

Let's compare Ang Lee's Eat Drink Man Woman to Shakespeare - and by that I mean, let's talk about Shakespeare. Shakespeare is eminent because, more than anything else, his stories are interesting. Sure, Shakespearean analysts will be ...

Pros: Strong themes, story propelled by bombshells and twists, excellent performances
Cons: Viewer must have tolerance for subtitles

Take three themes, three daughters, and a variation on the game of Whopper, slice, dice, season to perfection, add some lemon twists, toss it all around in a wok for two hours and you have a finely tuned drama of living: Eat Drink Man Woman. This ...

Pros: Charming story; a surprisingly entertaining comedy/drama
Cons: None come to mind

I Am Born
As the first son born in the United States, I was the favorite grandchild of my Chinese elders. My sister, also born in the States, came first, but I was a boy. Boys are better according to old traditional Chinese culture. My...

Pros: Amazing comedy and a fun plot. Not your typical "wait for punchline" comedy.
Cons: Subtitled, so those that don't like thinking during films won't like it.

The title comes from a Chinese Proverb that expresses fond wishes for the continuation of life. But anyway, if Eat Drink Man Woman is remembered for anything,it should be that it showed the film industry (especially American film industry) how...

Pros: script, story, direction, cuisine
Cons: makes you hungry, depiction of business world

The best film of Taiwanese director Ang Lee is probably his adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility (1995). But leading to that success were two highly praised films that he made in Taiwan. They were The Wedding Banquet (1993)...

Pros: great learning experience
Cons: subtitles

This movie was recommended to me by a good friend. Thank you!
Many modern Chinese families are still strongly influenced by Confucian teachings about "correct relationships". There is a part of that teaching called "thrice...

Pros: Great for food lovers and Chinese culture lovers
Cons: not really

I always think that at the root of the Chinese culture, there is food.

When Chinese meet people to say hi, they normally say: "Have you eaten?" Don't think you have to answer "Yes or no", for this is just equally to...

Pros: Truth, beauty, humor.
Cons: It'll make you hungry for Chinese food!

I grew up in a typical American family. Typically white, that is. Yet, I have always been drawn to the study of Asian culture. And of course I love Chinese film. The first time I saw this movie, I was in college. At the time, I was mostly fascinated...

Pros: Very entertaining. Artisic and fun
Cons: None

This is a wonderful movie that is both tasteful and fun. I enjoyed this movie immensely and felt that the director and actors felt very passionate about father-daughter relationships, traditional-modern adjustments, and generation gaps. This...

Pros: beautiful story about a great culture
Cons: none

Chinese director Ang Lee made a wonderful movie in "Eat Drink Man Woman," which circulates around food and the lives of three young Chinese women and their chef father, Mr. Chu.

When I watched this film, which was set in Taipei, I...

Pros: Good to watch to juice yourself up before going to dinner
Cons: Makes you wish you could cook like that!

I watched this in 1997, as mission to rent out many foreign films as I could.

If any of you have seen this film, you'll definitely know what I'm talking about when I mention the very first opening sequence in the film.
Get ready to...