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What's Cooking? is a British film of genre Drama directed by Gurinder Chadha released in USA on 20 january 2000 with Mercedes Ruehl

What's Cooking? (2000)

What's Cooking?
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Released in USA 20 january 2000
Length 1h49
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama,    Romance
Rating67% 3.394983.394983.394983.394983.39498

What's Cooking? is a 2000 British/American comedy-drama film directed by Gurinder Chadha and starring Mercedes Ruehl, Kyra Sedgwick, Joan Chen, Lainie Kazan, Maury Chaykin, Julianna Margulies, Alfre Woodard, and Dennis Haysbert.

Synopsis

On Thanksgiving day, four ethnically diverse families -- Vietnamese, Latino, Jewish, and African American — gather for the traditional meal. Each family has its own distinct way of cooking the traditional holiday meal and its own set of problems.

Actors

Mercedes Ruehl

(Elizabeth Avila)Kyra Sedgwick

(Rachel Seelig)Joan Chen

(Trinh Nguyen)Victor Rivers

(Javier Avila)Julianna Margulies

(Carla)
And :
Douglas Spain
Lainie Kazan
Alfre Woodard
Maury Chaykin
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