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What's Cooking? Director: Gurinder Chadha Cast: Alfre Woodard, Dennis Haysbert, Ann Weldon, Mercedes Ruehl

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  • DVD Release Date: 06/03/2003
  • Original Release: 2000
  • Rating: Rated PG13
  • Sales Rank: 8,284

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Commentary with director & writer; Cast & crew interviews; Recipes; 4x3 letterbox; Spanish, english & french subtitles; 5.1 Dolby Digital

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Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Main Credits [5:22]
2. Alone [4:29]
3. School [5:07]
4. Settings [5:47]
5. Flavor [5:44]
6. Breakfast [6:10]
7. Listeners [4:28]
8. Cultures [5:05]
9. Guests [2:42]
10. Performance [4:50]
11. Normal [3:29]
12. Words [5:54]
13. Your Way [5:12]
14. Feast [3:38]
15. Tradition [4:53]
16. Everything [6:28]
17. Truth [3:30]
18. Respect [5:02]
19. Peace [5:28]
20. News [3:04]
21. Trouble [2:36]
22. Neighbors [3:39]
23. Together [3:27]
24. End-Credits [3:05]

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Editorial Reviews

Kenyan-born, London-educated Indian filmmaker Gurinder Chadha follows up on her debut hit Bhaji on the Beach (1994) with this gentle look at multiculturalism in Los Angeles. The film details the lives of four ethnically diverse families -- black, Latino, Jewish, and Asian -- during one frantic Thanksgiving. The film opens with Ronald (Dennis Haysbert), an African-American who works as a spin doctor for the Republican politico; he and his wife Audrey (Alfre Woodard) are in the midst of preparing for their white dinner guests. Meanwhile, at the Latino household, young Anthony Avila (Douglas Spain) invites his womanizing father for Thanksgiving dinner, unbeknownst to his schoolteacher mother Elisabeth (Mercedes Ruehl). At the same time, the Seeling family is confronted with their daughter Rachel's (Kyra Sedwick) lesbianism, when she brings home her lover Carla (Julianna Margulies). Finally, Vietnamese immigrant Trinh Nguyen (Joan Chen) struggles to understand her Americanized children after she discovers condoms in her eldest daughter's jacket and a gun in her son's room. Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide

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What's Cooking?by Anonymous

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May 07, 2002: Will this woman quit acting? Everything she does is B rated! She adds D quality to an otherwise b rated film!

This review was written about the DVD Letterbox edition.

What's Cooking?by Anonymous

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October 11, 2001: I saw this film before it was released in the UK and found it had a wonderful story. The film is a nice break from the 'norm' of Holllywood's big blockbuster films. This film show's that you do not need to have tons of special effects & action to enjoy a film, which is what I like a lot of the time. I got to meet the director/writer, Gurinda Chandra, after I saw the film. She said that she wanted to make a film where you got to see a wide range of cultures. Too many times you see more than one culture in a film where they always have to be isolated to their groups and associated with hatred towards the other groups. This film takes the viewer through a range of emotions, from start to finish, that will leave you with a sense of happiness at the end. Never before have I seen a film where the audience applauded the film with such genuine fulfilment.

This review was written about the DVD Letterbox edition.


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