* CreatorCameo: Amy Tan can be seen in the party scene at the beginning of the movie.
* FakeNationality: Suyuan Woo and Ying-Ying St. Clair are played by Vietnamese actresses Kiều Chinh and France Nguyen, and Waverly is played by Japanese-American actress Tamlyn Tomita.
** Amy Tan famously [[https://goldsea.com/Personalities/Nuyenfrance/nuyenfrance.html did not want France Nguyen in the film]]. She wanted an ensemble cast and felt that Nguyen's Hollywood / Broadway legend status would completely eclipse the others, even well-known veterans like Lisa Lu. [[note]]She could be right: besides Nguyen's impressive career, any actor who has been in ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' has that status forever and will draw Trek fans whatever she's in[[/note]] Nguyen is still bitter about the fact that Tan had her finest scene cut so she (rather than the film as a whole) wouldn't win an Academy Award.
* RealitySubtext: [[http://authorlink.com/interview/part-1-amy-tan-revisits-joy-luck-club-in-latest-release-2014/ Amy Tan essentially lifted An-Mei's backstory from what she was told about and researched]] about the backstory of her grandmother. ''Both'' the victimized An-Mei's mother and the evil Second Wife are modeled after her grandmother's alleged mannerisms and backstory. [[AccidentallyCorrectWriting Several details that Amy thought she made up for the story were real.]] Amy's mother had been careful not to reveal certain details and later asked Amy how she found out about them.
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** According to [[https://variety.com/2023/film/news/joy-ride-adele-lim-stephanie-hsu-seth-rogen-comedy-1235651105/ this article]], ''Film/JoyRide2023'''s title is a reference to ''The Joy Luck Club'', which is also about four Chinese-Americans reconnecting with their Chinese roots. In fact, the movie's original title was "Joy Fuck Club".
** In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "Mobius Dick", when Amy Wong's mother Inez believes that Amy is dead she declares that "my days of joy and luck are over. Guess I gotta quit that club." Amy and Inez are both voiced by Creator/LaurenTom who appeared in the movie adaptation.
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