The Joy Luck Club Critic Reviews
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Like a flowering of talent that has been waiting so long to be celebrated. It is also one of the most touching and moving of the year's films.Read the full review
Never has political correctness looked so sumptuously handsome as it does here, and in its perfect-pitch instinct for the cultural vibe, this sweeping movie is so immaculately dead-on that it nearly transcends criticism.Read the full review
Wang has made a dramatically confident move into the mainstream on his own terms with highly congenial material.Read the full review
Those unfamiliar with the book will simply appreciate a stirring, many-sided fable, one that is exceptionally well told.Read the full review
Hits hardest when it bypasses sentiment to ponder the inextricable mix of love and pain that comes with the ties that bind.Read the full review
Gives refreshing -- and bittersweet -- dimension to the age-old clash between generations.Read the full review
Fascinating and satisfying the way the diverse threads are knitted together into a single tapestry.Read the full review
A sumptuous two-and-a-quarter-hour emotional epic built on one lachrymose climax after another. What little plot there is exists only to set up the next Big Cry.Read the full review
