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Pushing Hands

Tui Shou (Pushing Hands)

1992

Ang Lee

Sihung Lung, Bozhao Wang, Deb Snyder, Lester Chan ...

6.5

320

Drama Master Chu, a retired Chinese tai-chi master, moves to Westchester, New York to live with his son Alex, his American daughter-in-law Martha, and their son Jeremy. But Martha's first novel is suffering from severe writers' block brought on by Chu's presence in the house. And Alex must struggle to keep his family together.

	Media	Author	Review
		Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Even in this occasionally stilted early film, the director's bemused intelligence comes through"
		Tony Rayns Time Out	"This is a reasonably amiable comedy-drama with a strong streak of sentimentality. It falls a long way short of Wayne Wang's Chinatown movies."
		Ted Shen Chicago Reader	"A poignant and at times comic tale (...) The finale is worthy of Capra"
		TV Guide	"Passably charming on its own terms, 'Pushing Hands' still feels too much like a discarded prototype of 'Eat Drink Man Woman'."

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