What's Cooking?

2000

Comedy / Drama / Romance

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 52% · 66 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 65% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 3141 3.1K

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Director

Gurinder Chadha Photo
Gurinder Chadha

Top cast

François Chau Photo
François Chau as Duc Nguyen
Lainie Kazan Photo
Lainie Kazan as Ruth Seelig
Estelle Harris Photo
Estelle Harris as Aunt Bea
Kyra Sedgwick Photo
Kyra Sedgwick as Rachel Seelig
720p.WEB 1080p.WEB
1005.62 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
PG-13
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 49 min
Seeds 3
1.82 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
PG-13
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 49 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ao4444 6 / 10

A nice little Thanksgiving dramedy

I liked this movie. I thought the dialogue and the reactions amongst each family to the secrets/revelations was very realistic. It really did give a taste of how Thanksgiving is celebrated and how American families interact with each other during the holidays. I also liked how each family, though from a different background, was relatable in some way. Definitely would recommend to non-Americans for a look at what Thanksgiving is like for us.
Reviewed by =G= 6 / 10

"What's Cooking" is yet another film which shows a short period of time in the lives of multiple disconnected characters who have something in common. In "Magnolia" the common denominator was proximity. In "All the Rage" it was guns. In "The Five Senses" is was senses. Etc. Etc. Etc. In "What's Cooking" it's food....Thanksgiving Day dinner."What's Cooking" has superb casting, direction, script/screenplay, etc. However it has one huge problem which it shares with other films of this ilk: Too many characters and too little time with which to develop them sufficient to create that all important bond with the audience. The result is a herky-jerky story flow and a disconnected audience which is reduced to pure voyeurism. Too busy and too superficial.
Reviewed by SinjinSB 7 / 10

The way people react to the holidays is pretty universal

Experience Thanksgiving with four different families (Jewish, Vietnamese, Hispanic, African American) in a Los Angeles neighborhood. It has a lot of the typical holiday family issues and few not so typical. I think basically it's showing that even though the cultures are very different, the way people react to the holidays is pretty universal. It has a nice blend of humor mixed with the stress of holiday and makes for enjoyable feast. As a side note, it has a reference to my alma mater, UCSB...which, to set the record straight, does not have a business school.*** (out of 4)
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