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Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   2,282 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Hui-Ling Wang (earlier screenplay) and
Ang Lee (earlier screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
23 August 2002 (UK) more
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Tagline:
A comedy to arouse your appetite.
Plot:
A Mexican-American master chef and father to three daughters has lost his taste for food but not for life. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 7 nominations more
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User Comments:
A Remake of Eat Drink Man & Woman, both are excellent more (52 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jacqueline Obradors ... Carmen Naranjo

Tamara Mello ... Maribel Naranjo
Judy Herrera ... Eden

Nikolai Kinski ... Andy
Elizabeth Peña ... Leticia Naranjo

Constance Marie ... Yolanda

Troy Ruptash ... Hairdresser

Ken Marino ... Jeff

Hector Elizondo ... Martin Naranjo
Marisabel García ... April
Julio Oscar Mechoso ... Gomez

Louis Crugnali ... Catering Assistant

Raquel Welch ... Hortensia
Joel Joan ... Antonio Urgell

Paul Rodriguez ... Orlando Castillo
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sexual content.
Runtime:
102 min | UK:103 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:M | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Iceland:L | Singapore:PG | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | UK:PG | USA:PG-13

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The three poems that Leti's "secret admirer" sends her are "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell, "Her Face, Her Tongue, Her Wit" by Arthur Gorges, and "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" by Robert Herrick. The last note is from Titania's speech in Act III, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." more
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Continuity: When the teacher reads another note after her students leave, one of the students who just left wears a purple shirt. When she looks back in at the teacher, she is wearing a green striped shirt. more
Quotes:
Hortensia: Careful, dear, boys don't like smart-asses.
Maribel Naranjo: No, they just like asses.
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Movie Connections:
Remake of Yin shi nan nu (1994) more
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Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
A Remake of Eat Drink Man & Woman, both are excellent, 31 January 2005
7/10
Author: joel brandt from Sharon Ma

This is an exact almost word for word copy of Eat Drink Man Woman, a 1994 Twainese production. Both movies are great, but Tortilla soup looses points for lack of originality.

Both movies offer sharp portrayals of their various cuisines, and your preference may be Mexican vs.Chinese, however if you can tolerate the fast pace Chinese dialog (subtitles), see the original first. I also preferred the scenery of the original (Eat Drink Man Woman), but perhaps that is because Taiwan is the orient and the architecture is spectacular.

Finally, both movies are well acted although the lifestyle portrayed in the story line may be somewhat more believable in the Southern California setting of Tortilla Soup.

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