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What's Cooking?

Thanksgiving. A celebration of food, tradition and relative insanity.

2000 · 1h 50m · PG-13 Comedy, Drama, Romance

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Overview

Four families of different ethnicities prepare for a potentially explosive Thanksgiving dinner.

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All reviews
52%
Tomatometer
Rotten

This valentine to the cultural diversity that defines L.A. is a second-tier Altman (or even Paul Thomas Anderson)a broad, accessible comedy that contrasts four large and dynamic families residing on the same street: Latino, black, Jewish, and Asian.

Emanuel Levy, Variety
Rotten

The film's gluttonous overkill of food is matched only by its overacting.

Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
Rotten

The film collapses under the weight of stereotypes and a hackneyed concept.

Ernest Hardy, Film.com
Fresh

Patient viewers will find that by the time the sparks start to fly and the tears to flow, the wait will have been worth it, to say nothing of the laughs.

Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten

Contrived, cliched and condescending.

Mark Rahner, Seattle Times

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