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Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir

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Literary titan Amy Tan analyzes her life, her work, and her family -- in the present and past tense -- in this longitudinal biopic directed by James Redford.

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Ryan Lattanzio indieWire Seeing her come loose, smoking a cigarette onstage and rocking out, shows us a completely different side of this introspective author, and helps embolden the fact that she's been a rebel all along. Rated: B+ May 4, 2021 Full Review Jessica Kiang Variety Eventually works the same subtle spell that Tan long ago mastered in her fiction: the communication of a deeply personal history of pain and joy in a manner that is unassumingly and touchingly universal. Mar 1, 2021 Full Review Nick Allen RogerEbert.com A touching tribute to Tan's prolific career as author, and also a celebration of the personal relationship we have with what we create. Feb 8, 2021 Full Review Jane Freebury Jane Freebury Interesting if not searching, a documentary treatment of the life and times of the novelist and her family from China becomes repetitive when it could have revealed more Rated: 3/5 Sep 5, 2021 Full Review Zosha Millman Thirty, Flirty + Film An Unintended Memoir is always graceful, fluid in its approach. This is not a life story being vivisected for our entertainment. It's a life flowing to you, like good conversation or a peaceful river. Aug 4, 2021 Full Review Alexandra MacAaron Women's Voices for Change Tan shattered a glass ceiling for Asian-American, as well as other immigrant group storytellers; she helped Hollywood expand its depictions of Asian women beyond stereotypes and inspired filmmaker James Redford to produce this marvelous documentary. Rated: 8/10 Jun 1, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Literary titan Amy Tan analyzes her life, her work, and her family -- in the present and past tense -- in this longitudinal biopic directed by James Redford.
Director
James Redford
Producer
Karen Pritzker, James Redford, Cassandra Jabola
Screenwriter
John Behrens
Production Co
KPJR Films
Genre
Documentary, Biography
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 41m
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