Joy Luck Club

     

Joy Luck Club1993

Director: Wayne Wang
Stars: Ming-Na Wen, Lisa Lu, Tamlyn Tomita, France Nuyen, Kieu Chinh
Genre: Drama
Rating: R (Restricted)
Runtime: 139 minutes

The 1993 film adaptation of Amy Tan's bestselling novel is both a delight and a moving experience, an anthology of stories wrapped in one Chinese-American woman's journey to understand her roots. Wayne Wang (Eat a Bowl of Tea) directs a large, outst… more »


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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  • Lisa Laleña Roth
    Lisa Laleña Roth
    This truly how I feel when it comes to me and my mother.
    LikeReply 19 years ago

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