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A Mexican-American master chef and father to three daughters has lost his taste for food, but not for life.A Mexican-American master chef and father to three daughters has lost his taste for food, but not for life.A Mexican-American master chef and father to three daughters has lost his taste for food, but not for life.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 7 nominations
Jude Herrera
- Eden
- (as a different name)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe plot of this movie is a Hispanic version of Eat Drink Man Woman (1994), about an aging widower chef who raised three daughters alone, both being written by Ang Lee. Even the opening crisis, the restaurant previously run by the chef has ruined the main feature of a huge banquet and he is called in to save the day, is the same.
- GoofsAt the end when Carmen is leaving the kitchen to serve her family, at first she has one plate without the lobster, then when she is leaving the kitchen, as she is turning the corner, she has the plate with a lobster. Then, coming out of the kitchen, the lobster has disappeared, then reappears again when she turns towards the tables.
- Quotes
Carmen Naranjo: Do you know why we clink glasses before drinking?... It's so that all the five senses are involved. We touch the glass. We smell the drink. We see its color. We taste it. Hearing is the only sense that doesn't participate unless we create it.
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This has a wonderful plot. The father of grown daughters suffers the generational clash and cultural clash of old vs. new. This is an hispanic (but English language)remake of the Chinese film "Eat Drink, Man, Women". Both show the writing credits of Ang Lee. This falls far short of the original.
I saw "Eat, Drink..." a few years ago. Although, my wife tends to dislike subtitled movies, she tolerated this one for me. We both loved it. It was well written, directed and acted. "Tortilla Soup" is an ok movie, but failed to keep my attention in the same way that "Eat, Drink..." did. The acting was OK. The direction seemed ok as well. I can't put my finger on why, exactly, but this movie just isn't as good.
Unless you absolutely refuse to view subtitled movies, definitely forego this in favor of "Eat, Drink, Man, Women".
I saw "Eat, Drink..." a few years ago. Although, my wife tends to dislike subtitled movies, she tolerated this one for me. We both loved it. It was well written, directed and acted. "Tortilla Soup" is an ok movie, but failed to keep my attention in the same way that "Eat, Drink..." did. The acting was OK. The direction seemed ok as well. I can't put my finger on why, exactly, but this movie just isn't as good.
Unless you absolutely refuse to view subtitled movies, definitely forego this in favor of "Eat, Drink, Man, Women".
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Мале тајне великих мајстора
- Filming locations
- Marshall Fundamental Secondary School - 990 Allen Avenue, Pasadena, California, USA(School where Leticia Naranjo teaches)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,467,615
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $653,729
- Aug 26, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $4,634,077
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