WHAT'S COOKING (2000)

GURINDER CHADHA

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Cast

JOAN CHEN JULIANNA MARGULIES MERCEDES RUEHL KYRA SEDGWICK ALFRE WOODARD MAURY CHAYKIN ESTELLE HARRIS DENNIS HAYSBERT LAINIE KAZAN JOAN CHEN VICTOR RIVERS DOUGLAS SPAIN SUZANNE CARNEY ISIDRA VEGA FRANCOIS CHAU KIEU CHINH PAUL MAYEDA BERGES GURINDER CHADHA

Plot

Four culturally diverse families prepare for thanksgiving somewhere in the leafy suburbs of LA, one Vietnamese, one Jewish, one African American and one Hispanic. What's Cooking has a witty and touching script that concerns itself as much with the generational divide as it does the specifics of race, culture or sexual orientation but it is the shimmeringly liberal attitude displayed by all the characters in reference to race and culture that deprives the story of any real bite, perceptive and enjoyable drama though this is.