Offspring of a Seattle Chinese matriarch are informed by her housekeeper that their mother is dead in Dim Sum Funeral, directed by Anna Chi. None of the children and their spouses have good memories of her, and they dislike one another, but when they meet at her residence, they are unhappy to be informed that the traditional Chinese ceremony for the departed, as requested by the departed, takes several days. Instead of a Joy Luck Club (1993), dysfunctional members of the family are forced to interact. As they get better acquainted, it becomes obvious that their dislike is based on efforts to build their own personalities in reaction to a mother who was their constant critic. The only way for the film to proceed toward a climax is to heal the wounds, but a surprise ending is needed for that. MH