THE JOY LUCK CLUB

The Joy Luck Club is a movie that is based on Amy Tan's best-selling novel on 1989. This movie is a 1993 American film that tells the story of four older women who were born in China but then, they eventually moved to America for some reasons. These four women, moving in to America, and live in San Francisco. Four of them regularly meet each other to do activities like playing mahjong, eating together and tell stories. Since each of them has an adult Chinese-American daughter, they love to share their own family stories and compare it between them. All of them have the same experience of their journey and the same reason on why they moved to the San Francisco, the place where they met each other. However, in sharing stories of their families among them, there are some stories that is not revealed. The reason why they (mothers) moved to San Francisco is because they want to fight for their daughters, they want to have a better life, and want to raise their daughters perfectly, in a place that is far way better than their old place.

In my opinion, this film is one of the great film that everyone should watch, and it should not be forgotten. There are many elements on this film that we should focus on, such as the sacrifice, the culture, and also on the feminism. The plot of this movie touches on the aspect of life, thus, it will give a great effect on the audience who watched it and the plot and the messages may touch the heart of the viewers. This movie will leaves you with a feeling, and make you think back on the issue discussed, and at the same time, will make you appreciate on what you have, and where you live. In this movie, we can clearly see how they portrayed women, and how women were treated in some places.

To relate it with the feminism, we see that the China of the 1930s and 1940s, before the Revolution, was an unimaginably different place than it is today. Women were valued differently,
and not highly valued. Those with independent minds and spirits were valued even less than the passive and obedient ones. During wartime especially, their life was like a piece of paper. A mother need to take a high risk, in taking care of their children. They are the one who are responsible for everything. From this movie, we can see that women have their own power, their own ability which men does not have. The feeling, the relationship and the responsibility that they carry is worth saying, and should be appreciated by the whole.

To conclude, the movie “The Joy Luck Club’’ should be watched by everyone no matter what gender you are, and it is highly recommended, as it will gives you a new perception, and it is beyond your expectation.