Unfortunately, though visually sumptuous, the film is a cold dish.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 29, 2020

The food is the star, virtually the only thing to recommend about famed Taiwan-born director Ang Lee's follow-up to his first US hit...

| Jun 8, 2020

Watch a master filmmaker [Ang Lee] hone his craft.

| May 9, 2020

The film is seasoned with humor and has a brisk pace. It's pleasing to the eye and stocked with zesty performances all the way around.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 29, 2019

The constant parallels between food and love are too facile to be illuminating.

| Dec 12, 2017

A richly textured comedy about the tensions across two generations of a Confucian family, Eat Drink Man Woman typifies the filial focus of Lee's early work

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 1, 2015

A wise and touching piece that matches movies like Babette's Feast and Like Water for Chocolate in its depiction of food as a source of spiritual nourishment.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 4, 2015

What makes this a Lee film-and one of his best-is how well he and his co-writers understand all the relationships, and what's going unspoken.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 2, 2015

This is a startlingly superior piece of craftsmanship, with the flavour of life and richness of the script conveyed via uniformly wonderful performances.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 10, 2014

A vivacious comedy about families and how to survive them.

| Feb 10, 2014

Although the prime influence on Lee's stately style and several of the film's themes is the Japanese genius Yasujiro Ozu, there is more than a hint of Woody Allen in this complex ensemble comedy.

| Feb 10, 2014

What makes Lee's films so engaging is the generosity of spirit that he extends toward all of his characters.

| Feb 10, 2014

Lee's Eat Drink Man Woman is tender without being mushy, sweet without being syrupy -- and surprising in ways that can only make you smile.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 10, 2014

This film is stunningly involving, and it just races along from revelation to revelation.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 10, 2014

But by the end, I felt that Lee had, so to speak, stuck a little too closely to the recipe: His movie is moderately enjoyable in a been-there, done-that sort of way.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 10, 2014

Lee and his fine ensemble of actors will soon enfold you in a journey of delightful twists and turns. And in the end, a family you'll long remember.

| Feb 10, 2014

Eat Drink Man Woman may not just amuse and entertain you. It's likely to make you very hungry, too-perhaps for more than food.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 10, 2014

That guarantee of good taste is, finally, a bit of a downer; there are plenty of surprises, but no hint of risk.

| Feb 3, 2014

A remarkably assured comedy-drama of domestic life in Taiwan.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 2, 2009

Mildly charming.

| Feb 2, 2009