Dim Sum Funeral

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| director = Anna Chi

| producer = Clark Peterson

| writer = Donald Martin

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| starring = Bai Ling
Steph Song
Talia Shire
Julia Nickson
Lisa Lu
Kelly Hu
Russell Wong

| music = Scott Starrett

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| released = {{Film date|2008|11||}} AFI Fest

| runtime = 95 minutes

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| language = English, Mandarin

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Dim Sum Funeral is a 2008 comedy/drama film directed by Anna Chi and starring Kelly Hu, Bai Ling, Russell Wong, Steph Song and Talia Shire.{{cite news|last=Goldstein|first=Gary|title=Anna Chi, 'Dim Sum Funeral'|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jun-07-ca-chi7-story.html|access-date=14 September 2010|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=June 7, 2009}}

Premise

After their mother dies, four Chinese-American siblings return to their Seattle home.{{cite web|last=Chang|first=Justin|title=Dim Sum Funeral|url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940453.html|publisher=Variety|accessdate=14 September 2010|date=June 10, 2009}} As their mother wanted a traditional seven-day funeral, the estranged siblings stay the week and deal with their issues.{{cite web|last=Farber |first=Stephen |title=Film Review: Dim Sum Funeral |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/awards_festivals/fest_reviews/article_display.jsp?&rid=11952 |publisher=Hollywood Reporter |accessdate=14 September 2010 |date=November 11, 2008 |url-status=deviated |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203140627/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/awards_festivals/fest_reviews/article_display.jsp?&rid=11952 |archivedate=3 December 2008 }}

Cast

;Xiao family

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Lisa Lu as Mrs. Xiao, the matriarch
Julia Nickson as Elizabeth ("Liz"), a daughter of Mrs. Xiao
Russell Wong as Alexander ("Alex"), the son of Mrs. Xiao
Françoise Yip as Victoria, a daughter of Mrs. Xiao
Steph Song as Meimei, a daughter of Mrs. Xiao

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;Others

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Talia Shire as Viola, a Jewish friend of Mrs. Xiao
Bai Ling as Dede, Meimei's girlfriend
Curtis Lum as Bruce Lee, a Buddhist monk and prospective sperm donor to Meimei and Dede
Adrian Hough as Michael, Liz's husband
Isaah Brown as Jason, Victoria's son
Tseng Chang as Zhou Lin, a friend of Mrs. Xiao, an eminent Chinese pianist, and Meimei's father
Kelly Hu as Cindy, Alex's wife and a former Miss Taiwan
Valerie Tian as Emily, Alex's daughter

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Reception

Dim Sum Funeral was widely panned by critics.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dim_sum_funeral/|title=Dim Sum Funeral|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}} Fionnuala Halligan of Screen Daily noted the film's "uneven tone", but she commended the set design and decoration by James Willcock.{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/asia-pacific/features/dim-sum-funeral/4041276.article|title=Dim Sum Funeral|first=Fionnuala|last=Halligan|date=7 October 2008|work=Screen Daily}}