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Like Water for Chocolate

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Like Water for Chocolate (1992)

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Reviews Counted:27

Fresh:24

Rotten:3

Average Rating:7.6/10

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: Tita, as the youngest of three daughters, is condemned by family tradition never to marry, but to spend her life caring for her mother. However, Tita has fallen in love with a young man and he with... Tita, as the youngest of three daughters, is condemned by family tradition never to marry, but to spend her life caring for her mother. However, Tita has fallen in love with a young man and he with her. When Tita's mother refuses to let them wed, and suggests that he marry her other daughter instead, Tita takes revenge: by allowing her passions to surface through her cooking, she manipulates the emotions of all who eat her food -- with some very strange and magical results. [More]

Starring: Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torne, Andres Garcia

Starring: Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torne, Andres Garcia

Director: Alfonso Arau

Director: Alfonso Arau
Story: Laura Esquivel

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02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
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... becomes indigestible.

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01/19/09
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
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07/12/08
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
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02/02/08
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

The food scenes in this Mexican fable are just as sumptuous and appetizing as those in Denmark's Oscar-winning Babette's Feast, excpet they have an extra-erotic and surreal appeal due to masterful cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki and Steve Bernstein

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02/15/07
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
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04/28/05
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
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Jules Brenner
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Jake Euker
Jake Euker
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05/13/04
Susan Granger
Susan Granger
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Atmospheric but watery romantic melodrama

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05/07/04
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

A funny, touching, sumptuous, and incredibly romantic ode to the joys of love and food.

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01/05/04
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

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09/05/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Good food metaphors and solid romantic story.

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07/14/03
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
About.com
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Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
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12/18/02
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

Celebrates in most unsual and impressive ways both the magic and the mystery of love.

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08/20/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

"sensual and constantly surprising"

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07/29/02
James Sanford
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Kalamazoo Gazette
 
 
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