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Eat Drink Man Woman [Blu-ray]

Eat Drink Man Woman [Blu-ray]

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PHUONG ANH VO
5.0 out of 5 starsA Family Classic
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2020
I watched this movie around 4 am and finished at around 6.54 am. Learned from other reviewers, I prepped myself with some cold chocolate milk and cookies, added Lay's original chips in case I feel hungry while watching those delicious meals. Man, they were right. The dishes were as beautiful and homey as it could get.
For the first half of the movie, I thought it was a slow family affairs movie. I paid more attention to the second daughter's fashion. Simple, elegant, and tailored. So 1990s. No wonder people always cycle back to the 80s and the 90s. Timeless.
***Spoiler Alert***
Then, the sudden picked up of the younger daughter's pregnancy with a cute boy whom she kinda "stole" from her coworker (lesson learned: never introduce your hot boyfriend to other girlfriends or sisters) and the older sister marriage. I thought they were a traditional family....but the girls left like a sudden storm. Quite artistic yet funny at the same time. Laying in my bed, I was like, should I laugh? Can't figure it out...another crazy twist when the father announced his news...I was like, holy cow, damn grandpa, you really did it huh. Plus, having another kid at 70? Man, men are so lucky. Their sperms never get old. I witnessed in real life myself. My uncle, who married his second wife at 65 and had another boy (a total of 3 daughters and 1 boy) at 71. So he's gonna be 90 when his boy goes to college.

Anyhow, a great family movie. Every detail, (smell) were executed beautifully. A classic for many rewatches.
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Nallea Vega
1.0 out of 5 starsAnimal victims
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2020
I had to turn this off right away because of the animal slaughter. I hope I get to see the world evolve, with covid spreading it is beyond time we put down the knife, and actually let live.
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Nallea Vega
1.0 out of 5 stars Animal victims
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2020
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I had to turn this off right away because of the animal slaughter. I hope I get to see the world evolve, with covid spreading it is beyond time we put down the knife, and actually let live.
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Hal J. Kenny
1.0 out of 5 stars Tortilla Soup knockoff
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2021
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Liked Tortilla Soup much more!
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George
1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2010
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I ordered and received this DVD. It was supposed to have English Sub-titles. It even said that it did. I arranged to send it back to get one that did have the sub-titles. I asked the Amazon person if there was a way to be sure that the new one had them. She said that they could not, but would send the new one. It came and was exactly the same as the first, no sub-titles. It was all Chinese language. I did not want to go through the hassle of asking for a third one. I gave it as a gift to one of my Chinese friends. I was disappointed that I did not end up with the DVD.
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Jules
1.0 out of 5 stars Eat Drink Man Woman
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2009
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I had seen this movie in the theatre - and it had English sub-titles, However, the DVD I received did not have English sub-titles and I don't speak, or understand, Chinese. I returned it and expect a full credit - unless there is a version with English sub-titles, then I will accept an exchange.
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Joe Petolino
1.0 out of 5 stars Boring
Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2014
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Slow, slow moving.
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N. Borchardt
1.0 out of 5 stars Unimpressed
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2009
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This was what I've been curious about for oh so many years? This made Ang Lee hot? The acting sucks. The pace is slow. The plot is contrived. It doesn't even have a second of nudity. So much for not being rated. It's like Taiwan - boring. I only give it one star because that's the lowest.
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Wayne N.
1.0 out of 5 stars If you are a animal lover....
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2014
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Wife did not (I would have not watched either) want to watch this since there were animals being slaughtered at the beginning of the movie...hence, she opted out.

I would have done likewise.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Surprising lack of violence
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2001
I expected some Matrix-style action sequences, or at least some Taco Bell tie-ins- and I found none. How can a film expect to be good if people just stand around talking and doing stuff? This film desperately needed Keanu Reeves.
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kleerfyre
1.0 out of 5 stars Boring and slow
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2012
I didn't even finish the movie. It was slow and boring. Thats all I can say about it as there wasn't one thing I liked about it.
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Rich Griffith
1.0 out of 5 stars Eat Drink--Dark, Dreadful. Boring. A Waste of Time
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2009
I watched Eat Drink because it had rave reviews on Amazon, and I wanted to compare it with Tortilla Soup, which I had already seen. The screenplay of Tortilla Soup (2001) is based on Eat Drink (1994.) If you are tempted to see Eat Drink--STOP yourself, and watch Tortilla Soup instead! Tortilla Soup is a fun, delightful comedy drama (dramedy?) Eat Drink is a heavy, boring drama. Tortilla Soup has lively, colorful characters that are fun and enjoyable to watch. They have personalities. Tortilla Soup's characters have chemistry with each other that pulls you into their world. I enjoyed spending ninety minutes with them. Eat Drink has bland, cold-hearted, angry, serious characters with zombie-like personalities.

In its two long hours, Eat Drink uses miles and miles of dialogue to make the same point that Tortilla Soup makes in just seconds. For example, take the youngest daughter's new romance. In Tortilla Soup, she explains that her co-worker friend can't make the date with the guy waiting outside the record store. After a short conversation, she gets in the car with the guy, and we're off and running in about three minutes. Eat Drink on the other hand, drags this process out into several scenes and lots of dialogue, with added complications that slow the story down. It takes forever to get this romance underway, and the steps along the way are not much fun.

In Tortilla Soup, the story moves along at a nice clip. Eat Drink drags through long silences, excessive dialogue, and unnecessary scenes that should have been edited out.

Dinner time in Tortilla Soup is a celebration of lively family fun and sharing of experiences and personalities--these are people we care about. There's nervous anticipation about what will happen next. Dinner time in Eat Drink is a nightmare of icy coldness to be endured. I wanted to leave the table, and not spend any more time with those people.

Tortilla Soup has twists and surprises that keep us interested, and provide humor. Eat Drink remains serious throughout. Even when the mother-in-law collapses, Eat Drink is serious. That's a scene that begs for a laugh, but Eat Drink plays it dead serious.

In filmmaking, editing is so important. Whoever edited Eat Drink must have fallen asleep on the job in the editing booth. Eat Drink's editor left in the excessive dialog, the long silences, and the boring, unnecessary scenes that should have been cut.

The films have opposite endings. Eat Drink drags us through the father's depression as his daughters leave, and he's alone in his empty house. A sad, heavy mood ends the film. Tortilla Soups ends with a family dinner celebration at Carmen's successful new restaurant. Family members are in a jovial mood. They share the expectancy of new children, budding romances, Carmen's business success, and hope for the future. We see the warmth and joy of a loving family. It's a good feeling to end the movie on.

I don't understand the five star reviews here at Amazon for Eat Drink. It was dark and depressing.

I guess there are people in the world who just don't like optimism (and thus possibly won't like Tortilla Soup's optimism.) I'm an optimist, and I don't go to the movies to get dragged down into someone's dark depression and pessimism (like in Eat Drink.) There's plenty of that darkness in the real world, if you really want to focus on it. I go to the movies to have a good time--for an escape from the real world. I go for fantasy, and adventure, and romance, and fun. I like happy endings. That's why I recommend Tortilla Soup, and not Eat Drink Man Woman. Based on your tolerance for optimism or pessimism, you will have to decide which film you like.
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