The Joy Luck Club
1993 · 139 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 18,904 VOTES · DIR. Wayne Wang
Overview
Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,503 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:26 The old woman remembered a swan she had bought...
00:04:42 - Really? You promise? - You will look like me when you are older.
00:09:30 about her daughter Waverly, who was Chinatown's chess champion.
00:14:32 The babies.
00:18:49 Huang Tai Tai, this is my daughter.
00:26:59 Where are my grandsons?
00:32:00 It's true!
00:36:22 It's just that it's so...
00:42:32 This not so good.
00:46:50 Isn't that right, Ma? Not too kinky?
00:51:41 - Yeah! - Should eat more!
01:02:32 because I had none to give her.
01:07:42 Don't you know that yet? Do I have to remind you every time?
01:13:11 Mom.
01:18:04 you should kill yourself.
01:24:38 I knew who you were when you came up to me.
01:28:46 Or us.
01:33:18 What's the difference?
01:38:26 I was not always like this.
01:43:55 I am strong now.
01:49:43 No.
01:54:26 that I've always been so disappointing.
02:00:10 Auntie Lindo?
02:08:45 She woke up in the hospital, screaming, wanting to die.
Cast & Characters
Tamlyn Tomita
Waverly - The Daughter
Rosalind Chao
Rose - The Daughter
Kieu Chinh
Suyuan - The Mother
Tsai Chin
Lindo - The Mother
France Nuyen
Ying-Ying - The Mother
Lisa Lu
An-Mei - The Mother
Ming-Na Wen
June - The Daughter
Lauren Tom
Lena - The Daughter
Chao Li Chi
June's Father
Melanie Chang
June - Age 9
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,503
Dialogue density10.8 lines / min
First line00:00:26
Final line02:08:45
Production Record
DirectorWayne Wang
LanguageEnglish
Budget$11,000,000
Revenue$32,861,136
IMDb votes18,904