Two generations of Chinese-American women and their stories. The mothers were born in China and their daughters in America. Civil war, abuse from their husbands, backward customs, all are part of the mothers' stories. Some of that still affects the daughters' lives, although they live in a modern society.
Second viewing. This is perhaps the most extreme case of a change in my appreciation of a movie, to such an extent that I have trouble understanding my previous assessment. For, now I see it, this is blatantly a soap-opera, with all the stereotypes one is entitled to. The events are crammed into the length of the movie in such a fashion that there are no genuinely cinematic sequences: most are static dialogue and the rest are sequences where there is little movement or it is very simple. What enjoyment one may take from it comes from a perception of its very exaggerations and simplism which overflow into kitsch.
Rating: 48 (down from 80)
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