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Eat Drink Man Woman

Yin shi nan nu (Eat Drink Man Woman)

1994

Ang Lee

Sihung Lung, Yang Kuei-mei, Wu Chien-Lien, Yu-Wen Wang ...

7.3

4,324

Drama. Comedy 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 ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune	"Eat Drink Man Woman may not just amuse and entertain you. It's likely to make you very hungry, too-perhaps for more than food"	POS
United Kingdom	Angie Errigo Empire	"A startlingly superior piece of craftsmanship, with the flavour of life and richness of the script conveyed via uniformly wonderful performances"	POS
United States	Duane Byrge The Hollywood Reporter	"Lee's direction is utterly masterful: delicate, lively, rambunctious and spontaneous all at once. The performances are similarly splendid"	POS
United States	Mike Clark USA Today	"Its interpersonal dynamics are constructed with care to equal chef Lung's elaborate concoctions."	POS
United States	Leonard Klady Variety	"The overall result is a cinematic feast that will have audiences returning for Lee’s next movie meal"	POS
United States	Hal Hinson The Washington Post	"Mellow, harmonious and poignantly funny, the film uses the prism of the old man’s artistry to examine his life and his relationships with his three headstrong daughters."	POS
United States	Edward Guthmann SFGATE	Director Ang Lee ("The Wedding Banquet") spared no effort in giving the food its perfect preparation and display. Brace yourself for a visual orgy."	POS
United States	Rene Rodriguez Miami Herald	"This charmingly modest and entertaining film feels warmly human, and its virtues will remain in your memory days after you've seen it"	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Its thoughts about its characters don't go much deeper than the bottom of a soup bowl, but those thoughts are still expressed with affection, wit and an abundance of fascinating cooking tips"	POS

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