The Search for General Tso

2014

Action / Comedy / Documentary / History / Mystery

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 90% · 21 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 75% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 1936 1.9K

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Plot summary

From New York City to the farmlands of the Midwest, there are 50,000 Chinese restaurants in the U.S., yet one dish in particular has conquered the American culinary landscape with a force befitting its military moniker—“General Tso’s Chicken.” But who was General Tso and how did this dish become so ubiquitous? Ian Cheney’s delightfully insightful documentary charts the history of Chinese Americans through the surprising origins of this sticky, sweet, just-spicy-enough dish that we’ve adopted as our own.

Director

Ian Cheney Photo
Ian Cheney

Top cast

Philip Chiang Photo
Philip Chiang as Self - restaurant owner
Ian Cheney Photo
Ian Cheney as Self
Susan Carter Photo
Susan Carter as Self - American historian
Andrew Coe Photo
Andrew Coe as Self - food writer
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667.76 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 12 min
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1.34 GB
1920*1080
English 5.1
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23.976 fps
1 hr 12 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Charles C 10 / 10

A fun, informative search into the origins of

A fun, informative search into the origins of not just General Tso's chicken, but American Chinese food as we know it today. Quite well produced.
Reviewed by R T 7 / 10

I found this a fascinating documentary on a

I found this a fascinating documentary on a food I eat once a month.
Reviewed by R T 8 / 10

I thought that almost all of the documentary

I thought that almost all of the documentary was great. I would have liked a little more description of what actually was in the original version, more than just it doesn't have sweetener, broccoli, and scallions. But I thought that they did the "search" well. However, am I the only person that was horrified by some of the imaging used? Did they seriously use something that looked like the Japanese rising sun flag when showing the Chinese immigrants spreading from the San Francisco Bay area to other parts of the US? They also used this cartoon-like imagery a few more times later in the film. I was horrified and I'm not even of Asian decent.
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