What's Cooking?

2000
PG-13
1h 49m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

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Four families in LA of different ethnicity (Latino, Asian/Vietnamese, African and Jewish) gather together for Thanksgiving dinner.Four families in LA of different ethnicity (Latino, Asian/Vietnamese, African and Jewish) gather together for Thanksgiving dinner.Four families in LA of different ethnicity (Latino, Asian/Vietnamese, African and Jewish) gather together for Thanksgiving dinner.

Director
- Gurinder Chadha
Writers
- Gurinder Chadha
- Paul Mayeda Berges
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,412

6,723

Director
- Gurinder Chadha
Writers
- Gurinder Chadha
- Paul Mayeda Berges
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations

Trivia
Rachel's mom, Ruth, spills coffee onto the saucer of the 4th cup. She puts spoons on all 4 saucers without cleaning the spilled coffee.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas/Red Planet/What's Cooking?/Bounce/Rugrats in Paris (2000)

Soundtracks
Wouldn't It Be Nice
(1966)
Written by Brian Wilson, Tony Asher and Mike Love
Copyright 1966, renewed 1967 Irving Music, Inc. (BMI)
International copyright secured
Performed and Produced by Dan Russell

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Review

Featured review

6/10

WARNING! Do not watch on an empty stomach.

"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.