The Wedding Banquet
1993
A little deception in the reception. Read more
| Starring | Dion Birney, Jeanne Kuo Chang, Winston Chao |
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| Director | Ang Lee |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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The Wedding Banquet
A little deception in the reception.
| Starring | Dion Birney, Jeanne Kuo Chang, Winston Chao |
|---|---|
| Director | Ang Lee |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 43 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Released | DVD: not available Production year: 1993 |
| Format | DVD |
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A delighful comedy of culture clashes, racial and generational differences and the problems of living up to your parents' expectations; it makes light of situations without concealing their truth and occasional pain.
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Wai-Tung's life seems near perfect: a Taiwanese in New York, he's a natural at real estate, and shares an apartment... read more on Time Out
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
Beautifully observed...
I saw this film years ago when it first came out at the cinema and it remains one of Ang Lee's best films. Here, he manages to find the humour in cultural differences without ever resorting to stereotypes. Beautifully observed.
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Ang Lee named top director
- 30 Jan 2006
Hollywood's directors have named Ang Lee director of the year for Brokeback Mountain. Lee (Eat Drink Man Woman, The Wedding Banquet, Hulk) picked up the award from the Directors Guild of America (DGA), beating off George Clooney (Good Night, And Good Luck), Paul Haggis (Crash), Bennett Miller (Capote) and Steven Spielberg (Munich). Lee is now the favourite to pick up the best director Oscar as only six times since the DGA awards started in 1949 has the winner not gone on to receive the academy... Read more
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