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Features: DVD, French, Spanish, Dubbed
Produced by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone (Best Picture--Platoon) and based on the powerful #1 best-selling book, The Joy Luck Club tells the uplifting story of four remarkable friends whose extraordinary lives are filled with joy and heartbreak. Their lifelong friendship reveals a mosaic of the startling events and conditions that have shaped their lives--and how these experiences have affected the hopes and dreams they hold for each of their children. Hailed as one of the must-see films of the year, this exceptional motion picture is sure to entertain and inspire you from beginning to end!
"...gives refreshing--and bittersweet--dimension to the age-old clash between generations." Desson Howe, Washington Post
"An extraordinary film!" Good Morning America
"Powerful, relevant and moving." VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever
Editor's Note
After the successful independent features about Chinese-American life DIM SUM and EAT A BOWL OF TEA, director Wayne Wang took on the daunting task of adapting Amy Tan's sprawling, multigenerational best-seller THE JOY LUCK CLUB. After her mother's death, June (Ming-Na Wen) is asked to take her place in a mahjong club. The three other members, like her mother, were all born in China before the 1949 revolution. When June learns that she has two half sisters in China, she plans a trip to meet them. With this catalyst, the women begin to tell stories, not just about but their own mothers and their lives in China, but also about their often strained relationships with their Americanized daughters. The flashbacks to China are dramatic, and the stories are heartbreaking. As the film progresses, June learns about a culture that's supposedly her own but that she can touch only through the commonality of the mother-daughter bond. It is this nexus that makes the movie work. There are multiple points of view, but they are always connected by the universal desire for one generation of women to pass on their hopes for a better life to their daughters. This feeling, without being cloying or overly sentimental, underlines the emotional tales in this moving, well-acted, and beautifully staged drama.
Plot Summary
In THE JOY LUCK CLUB, based on the novel by Amy Tan, generational and cultural conflicts between a small group of traditional Chinese immigrant women and their more liberated Chinese-American daughters abound at a farewell party. The gathering provides an occasion for the older women to tell their stories of personal tragedy and sacrifice, while both generations attempt to reach reconciliation.
| Features | Scene Access | | Widescreen Version | | Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround | | Interactive Menus |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista |
| Release Date: 10/14/2003 |
| Running Time: 139 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1993 | | Catalog ID: 26279 | | UPC: 00786936182583 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
British Academy Awards (1995) | | | Ronald Bass, Amy Tan, Nominee, Best Adapted Screeplay |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...Both sweeping and intimate, a lovely evocation of changing cultures and enduring family ties....The film is virtually stolen by Tsai Chin as the sly, acerbic Auntie Lindo..." 09/08/1993 p.C15Premiere
"...Often moving..." - Recommended 04/01/1994 p.142 Sight and Sound
"...A rich, multi-course movie..." 04/01/1994 p.44-5 Variety
"...Beautifully made and acted and emotionally moving....Visually, [the] film is splendid..." 09/13/1993 Chicago Sun-Times
"...In a screenplay remarkable for its complexity and force, THE JOY LUCK CLUB moves effortlessly between past and present, between what was, and how it became what is....One of the most touching and moving of the year's films..." 09/17/1993 p.48 Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
...In a screenplay remarkable for its complexity and force, The Joy Luck Club moves effortlessly between past and present, between what was, and how it became what is. Many different actresses are used to play the daughters and mothers at different ages, and there are many stories, but the movie proceeds with perfect clarity... The movie is a celebration, too, of the richness of Asian-American acting talent... It is also one of the most touching and moving of the year's films. - Roger Ebert
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