Eat Drink Man Woman Movie Review 1994

In Taipei, widowed master chef serves weekly feast of elaborate food and familial guilt to his three grown daughters, all of whom still live at home. They spend their time sorting out professional and romantic difficulties, searching for independence, and fulfilling traditional family obligations. Each character has a lot going on, but no one's story gets lost in the mix. Lee uses irony to great effect, introducing us to the culinary artist who has lost his sense of taste and has a daughter who works at a Wendy's. Food preparation scenes (more than 100 recipes are served up) illustrate a careful attention to detail (and are guaranteed to make you hungry). Lee's follow-up to "The Wedding Banquet" is a finely observed, comic tale of generational drift, the richness of tradition, and the power of love to redeem or improve. In Chinese with subtitles or dubbed.

Distribution

Hallmark Home Entertainment, 6100 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1400, Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (213)634-3000, Fax: (213)549-3760, Remarks: Lainie Handelman, Mktg.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 123 minutes.
Originally from Taiwanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, Family Drama, Edibles, Asia, Comedy Drama, Only the Lonely, Parenthood, Dads, Coming of Age

Screenplay

Ang Lee, James Schamus, Hui-Ling Wang

Cast

Sihung Lung, Kuei-Mei Yang, Yu-Wen Wang, Chien-Lien Wu, Sylvia Chang, Winston Chao, Ah-Leh Gua, Lester Chen

Cinematography

Jong Lin

Director

Ang Lee

Music

Mader

Producer

Li-Kong Hsu, Central Motion Picture Corp., Ang Lee Productions, Good Machine, Samuel Goldwyn Company

Awards

Natl. Bd. of Review 1994: Foreign Film.