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57 out of 100

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7.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

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  • Starring: Joan Chen
  • Summary: You are invited to a tasty Thanksgiving dinner that will all at once transport you to four different worlds and take you home again. Coming together is the theme of What's Cooking?, Gurinder Chadha's funny, mouthwatering and deeply moving vision of 21st century diversity and the future of the American family - all set on Thanksgiving. (Trimark Pictures)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 22
  3. Negative: 2 out of 22
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    90
    For so brisk and entertaining a film, sharp in its observations but light in its touch, Cooking has unexpected substance and is a formidable accomplishment in that it brings dimension to its nearly 40 principal characters.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    That director and co-writer Gurinder Chadha transforms this sitcom material into a lively and charming film about the melting pot at full boil probably owes something to the fact that her own multicultural bona fides are firmly in order.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Amy Taubin
    30
    Trades in sitcom stereotypes and crosscuts predictably from family to family as if under the misapprehension that equal time is a dramatic principle.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. Rosie
    8
    This film has captured that typical family holiday stress that I grew up with. Though it seemed to be a bit over the top, it was a nice attempt at inclusion of a variety of families. It's worth seeing.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. LeonS
    2
    Overated and predicatble.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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