Each of the families was of a different ethnic or racial background and each had their own unique crises going on during the movie, but there was some kind of accident outside in front of all their houses and they all rushed out to investigate. That incident caused many of the individuals to put aside prejudices and judgementalism that they had displayed earlier in the movie.
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What’s Cooking? (2000)
starring Mercedes Ruehl, A Martinez, Richard Yniguez, Joan Chen, Lainie Kazan, Maury Chaykin, Kyra Sedgwick, Julianna Margulies, Alfre Woodard, Dennis Haysbert
IMDb synopsis:
In LA’s Fairfax district, where ethnic groups abound, four households celebrate Thanksgiving amidst family tensions. In the Nguyen family, the children’s acculturation and immigrant parents’ fears collide. In the Avila family, Isabel’s son has invited her estranged husband to their family dinner. Audrey and Ron Williams want to keep their own family’s ruptures secret from Ron’s visiting mother. In the Seelig household, Herb and Ruth are unwilling to discuss openly their grown daughter’s living with her lover, Carla. Around each table, things come to a head. A gun, an affair, a boyfriend, and a pregnancy precipitate crises forcing each family to find its center.
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