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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Ang Lee |
| Stars: |
Sihung Lung |
| Actors: |
Kuei-Mei Yang |
| Genre: |
Foreign Films |
| Subgenre: |
Family Interaction · Racy · Chinese/Mandarin · Comedy |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
DVD |
| UPC: |
027616867858 |
| Release Date: |
1994 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 4min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
Chinese/Mandarin |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 2hr 4min
Release Company: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (March 05, 2002)
UPC: 027616867858 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 2hr 4min
Release Company: Evergreen Entertainment (June 27, 1995)
UPC: 651021101803 |
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Professional Reviews
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(08/03/1994, p.C16, Janet Maslin): "...Delectable....[Lee is] a warmly engaging storyteller under any circumstances..." |
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Quotes from the Movie
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"Now she has the perfect boyfriend: Jesus Christ."--Old Wen (Jui Wang) to Chu (Sihung Lung)
"Good sound is not in the ear, good taste is not in the mouth, and good sex...God knows where...."--Old Wen to Chu
"I think the only reason we're not divorced is that we're both too busy."--Li Kai (Winston Chao) to Jia-Chien (Chien-lien Wu)
"This worry is what makes us a family."--Chu to his daughters
"Eat, drink, man, woman. Food and sex. Basic human desires. Can't avoid them! All my life, everyday, all I do. It pisses me off."--Chu to Old Wen |
| More Information |
| Details: |
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 centra... |
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