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1993 |
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139 minutes |
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Wayne Wang |
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Amy Tan, Ronald Bass, Wayne Wang |
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Andrew McCarthy, Ming-Na |
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The Joy Luck Club Image Gallery, Wallpapers & Desktop Themes |
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Cameo: [Amy Tan] chatting with guests just beyond a doorway during the first party scene.
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Jing-Mei 'June' Woo: I'm just sorry that you got stuck with such a loser, that I've always been so disappointing.
Suyuan: What you mean disappoint? Piano?
Jing-Mei 'June' Woo: Everything: my grades, my job, not getting married, everything you expected of me.
Suyuan: Not expect anything! Never expect! Only hope! Only hoping best for you. That's not wrong, to hope.
Jing-Mei 'June' Woo: No? Well, it hurts, because every time you hoped for something I couldn't deliver, it hurt. It hurt me, Mommy. And no matter what you hope for, I'll never be more than what I am. And you never see that, what I really am.
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The Joy Luck Club Reviews |
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The Joy Luck Club, as stated in the movie's opening narrative, is a collection of four aging Chinese women bound together more by hope than by joy or luck. The four women--Suyuan (Kieu Chinh), Lindo (Tsai Chin), Ying Ying (France Nuyen), and An Mei (Lisa Lu)--came to America many years ago to escape China's feudal society for the promise of the United States' democracy. Now, however, Suyuan has died and the three surviving members of the club invite her daughter June (Ming-Na Wen) to take her place. June belongs to the "new" generation, those of Chinese heritage who grew up speaking English and learning American customs. Also of roughly the same age are Waverly (Tamlyn Tomita), Lindo's daughter; Lena (Lauren Tom), Ying Ying's daughter; and Rose (Rosalind Chao), An Mei's daughter. It is around these eight figures that the stories of THE JOY LUCK CLUB revolve, telling of the varied difficulties and tragedies involved in these mother/daughter relationships.
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