TRY IT YOU’LL LIKE IT.

DIM SUM FUNERAL is a story about a matriarch in a Chinese family that dies. It is a beautiful written story about a Chinese American family and how it copes with death of their mother who insists on a typical Chinese funeral.

The movie was made in 2008 and can be found on the library, and I think that it is flying under the radar, a really wonderful story Dim Sum Funeral describes the life of four very Americanized children who fled their Chinese "Dragon Lady" mother in the 2000s. The film focuses on the deceased mother's place in the broken family, in which the children recount stories of the past and lament the barriers that exist between the siblings.

This is a movie that at the end has you in tears, as the family comes to grips with it’s relationships and past history. Secrets are revealed and old scores are settled, and the ending comes with a crescendo of unbelievable poetry!

I found this movie in the library one day and because of my love for Dim Sum decided to try it. ‘Dim Sum’ means: ‘Touch the heart’ in Chinese, and that is exactly what will happen.