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What's Cooking?
Directed by
Gurinder Chadha
PG-13
2000
1h 49m
Drama
,
Comedy
,
and more
6.8
52%
65%
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Four families in LA of different ethnicity (Latino, Asian/Vietnamese, African and Jewish) gather together for Thanksgiving dinner.
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Cast of What's Cooking?
Julianna Margulies
Carla
Mercedes Ruehl
Elizabeth Avila
Kyra Sedgwick
Rachel Seelig
Alfre Woodard
Audrey Williams
Maury Chaykin
Herb 'Herbie' Seelig
Estelle Harris
Aunt Bea
Dennis Haysbert
Ronald Williams
Lainie Kazan
Ruth 'Ruthie' Seelig
Joan Chen
Trinh Nguyen
François Chau
Duc Nguyen
Kieu Chinh
Grandma Nguyen
Victor Rivers
Javier Avila
Douglas Spain
Anthony 'Tony' Avila
Suzanne Carney
Sarah Seelig
Eric George
Michael Williams
Gregory Itzin
James Moore
Will Yun Lee
Jimmy Nguyen
Ralph Manza
Uncle David
A Martinez
Daniel 'Danny'
Shareen Mitchell
Paula Moore
Mariam Parris
Monica Moore
Jimmy Pham
Gary Nguyen
Albie Selznick
Art Seelig
Chad Todhunter
Luke
Isidra Vega
Gina Avila
Ann Weldon
Grace Williams
Kristy Wu
Jenny Nguyen
Elena Lopez
Grandma Avila
Richard Yniguez
Robert Avila
Lorraine Perez
Auntie Dolores
Eva Rodriguez
Auntie Eva
Maria Carmen
Sofia Avila
Adrian Armas
Avila Cousin
Caz the Dog
Gordo
Chao-Li Chi
Grandpa Nguyen
Scotty Nguyen
Don
Brennan Louie
Joey Nguyen
Andrew Heckler
Jerry
Marty the Dog
Max
Brittany Jean Henry
Kristen Williams
Frank Novak
Governor Rhodes
Margie Loomis
Woman in Airport
Gwendolyn Oliver
TV Reporter
Charles Constant
TV Announcer
Bruce Dobos
Turkey Man
Darren O'Bannon
Student 1
Jeremy Berger
Student 2
Alexandra Castro
Student 3
Gurinder Chadha
Director / Writer
Paul Mayeda Berges
Writer
Jeffrey Taylor
Producer
What's Cooking? Ratings & Reviews
Common Sense Media
Nell Minow
A bit melodramatic at times, but still charming.
Variety
Emanuel Levy
This valentine to the cultural diversity that defines L.A. is a second-tier Altman (or even Paul Thomas Anderson)a broad, accessible comedy that contrasts four large and dynamic families residing on the same street: Latino, black, Jewish, and Asian.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Because the stories are so skillfully threaded together, the movie doesn't feel like an exercise: Each of the stories stands on its own.
San Francisco Chronicle
Bob Graham
Patient viewers will find that by the time the sparks start to fly and the tears to flow, the wait will have been worth it, to say nothing of the laughs.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
Chadha handles the multiple story lines and large cast with an expert hand, cutting back and forth to underscore the similarities and the differences.
Village Voice
Amy Taubin
Trades in sitcom stereotypes and crosscuts predictably from family to family as if under the misapprehension that equal time is a dramatic principle.
Newsday
Jan Stuart
The writers observe each family with a knowing eye and a miraculously even hand that lends the jokes the ring of truth.
The Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
For a canvas this broad, the portraiture is exceptionally fine.
Dallas Morning News
Gary Dowell
The louder and more melodramatic the arguments get, the more overwrought the acting becomes.
CNN.com
Paul Tatara
Chadha tries to keep so many balls in the air at once, she can't generate any steam in the individual stories.
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
This film is lighthearted and smart enough to be one of the best Altmanesque ensemble comedies of the last couple of years.
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
The brouhahas are more undercooked than the birds.
Chicago Tribune
Mark Caro
A glorified TV movie.
Seattle Times
Mark Rahner
Contrived, cliched and condescending.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
It's a meal you may feel you've eaten before, but you nonetheless walk away stuffed and happy.
Entertainment Weekly
Ty Burr
Like the meal itself, the movie's both filling and familiar.
Film.com
Ernest Hardy
The film collapses under the weight of stereotypes and a hackneyed concept.
Houston Chronicle
Bruce Westbrook
The film's gluttonous overkill of food is matched only by its overacting.
Detroit News
Susan Stark
It wears both its heart and its politics too obviously on its sleeve for comfort.
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
Like too many Thanksgiving dinners, too much squabbling really wreaks havoc on the digestion. Football, anyone?
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