Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Eat Drink Man Woman

Ang Lee's film is set in Taiwan about an aging, single father who happens to be an artist of a chef, and his three grown daughters (that still live at home). The eldest daughter is the conservative religious type (though thankfully not treated with disdain), the middle is the driven business woman, and the youngest is the freespirit that works at Wendy's. It's a charming little film that reminds you of the power of food and family relationships (as Babette's Feast did to a greater degree). A few years later this was remade by Maria Ripoll into a film called Tortilla Soup where it was reset into a Mexican-American family. Both film have a unique cultural perspective, but Lee is just a better director than Ripoll. It's a satisfying meal.

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