The Wedding Banquet
1993
***
Director: Ang Lee
Cast: Winston Chao, Mitchell Lichtenstein, May Chin, Ah Lei Gua, Sihung Lung
A gay Taiwanese man marries a woman in order to appease his parents who are on a visit in New York. This is a variation on Birdcage (or La Cage aux Folles) and a fairly predictable comedy of misunderstandings, but thankfully one with brain and heart. With his later films Ang Lee has become known as an actor's director, but the performances of the two male leads here are mediocre at best.
