Suggests that all a person needs to liberate their soul, forget all the wrongs done to them, and become happy is a piece of candy. It's that simplistic and that stupid.
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12/22/00
Chocolat (2000)
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Reviews Counted:114
Fresh:71
Rotten:43
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: Chocolat is a charmingly light-hearted fable with a lovely performance by Binoche.
Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: It is the late 1950s, but it might as well be the late 1850s in a small French town where everyone behaves as they should (supposedly), and attends church regularly. When a strong North wind blows... [More]
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina
Director: Lasse Hallström
Reviews for Chocolat
A sweet little movie.
12/22/00
Suffers from disparate elements.
12/22/00
Hallstrom, who gets more sticky-sweet with each new release, needs to learn that too much candy can lead to a tummy ache.
12/22/00
Top CriticIt's all a bit prefab, but the idea of equating the forces of chocolate and sensual indulgence with the forces of goodness is pretty surefire.
12/22/00
The movie is charming and whimsical, and Binoche reigns as a serene and wise goddess.
12/22/00
Top CriticMuch of the time, the film is frothy, sweet and light as cotton candy, benefiting from first-rate ensemble acting, cinematography and directing.
12/22/00
Despite a certain patness build into the fabulist plot, Chocolat is succulent and fun, and its munchy heart has rich veins of chocolate.
12/22/00
As pleasurable as a richly fashioned piece of elegant chocolate, and as warm as a homemade cup of cocoa.
12/22/00
Hardly the stuff of holiday magic.
12/22/00
If this movie were part of an assortment in a chocolate box, I wouldn't spit it into my napkin. But I wouldn't reach for it a second time, either.
12/21/00
Unfortunately, Chocolat is missing the bitter spices that give chocolate its soul. It melts in your mouth, but not in your mind.
12/21/00
This is all very cute, quite PC and relatively harmless.
12/21/00
Beautiful to look at and easy to digest.
12/21/00
It's tantalizing, delectable and randy, a movie of melting eroticism and toothsome humor.
12/21/00
Often comes off as a glorified sitcom, and vastly predictable.
12/21/00
It wants to be as tasty as a homemade batch of fudge, but it plays more like a Hershey bar off the conveyor belt.
12/21/00
Graced with charm to spare and fleshes out its homilies with memorably engaging characters and a gentle, droll sense of humor.
12/21/00
Eat a chocolate; skip the movie.
12/20/00
Wastes the talents of a great cast.
12/20/00
Latest News for Chocolat
August 01, 2005:
Trailer Bulletin: An Unfinished Life
Finally earning a (limited) release after sitting on a Miramax shelf for about a year is Lasse Hallstrom's "An Unfinished Life," which stars Robert Redford, Morgan... More...
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