Chocolat (2000)
Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 115
Fresh: 72 | Rotten: 43
Chocolat is a charmingly light-hearted fable with a lovely performance by Binoche.
Average Rating: 6/10
Critic Reviews: 33
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 13
Chocolat is a charmingly light-hearted fable with a lovely performance by Binoche.
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The most tempting of all sweets becomes the key weapon in a battle of sensual pleasure versus disciplined self-denial in this comedy. In 1959, a mysterious woman named Vianne (Juliette Binoche) moves with her young daughter into a small French village, where much of the community's activities are dominated by the local Catholic church. A few days after settling into town, Vianne opens up a confectionery shop across the street from the house of worship -- shortly after the beginning of Lent.
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Cast
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Juliette Binoche
Vianne Rocher -
Lena Olin
Josephine Muscat -
Johnny Depp
Roux -
Judi Dench
Armande Voizin -
Alfred Molina
Comte de Reynaud -
Peter Stormare
Serge Muscat -
Carrie-Anne Moss
Caroline Clairmont -
Leslie Caron
Madame Audel -
John Wood
Guillaume Blerot -
Hugh O'Conor
Pere Henri -
Victoire Thivisol
Anouk Rocher -
Aurelien Parent Koenig
Luc Clairmont -
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All Critics (134) | Top Critics (35) | Fresh (77) | Rotten (43) | DVD (22)
Ultimately, especially coming from director Lasse Hallstrom, such a slight flick doubles as a fat disappointment.
Top CriticA sinfully scrumptious bonbon.
Hallstrom has created the cinematic equivalent of chocolate on screen. Who could resist?
Watching Chocolat is like binging on a bottomless box of truffles: Tastes good and sweet at first, but after a while, you start feeling a little green.
One of those whimsical concoctions that tries too hard, and goes too long, for its own good.
Chocolat, like Hallstrom's adaptation of The Cider House Rules, succeeds primarily through its casting.
Hallström should refrain from preachy parables and move on to an entrée
Fabulous French fairy tale and romance for teens and up.
It takes the radical stance that people should indulge their pleasures, unless they're really mean, in which case they should eat some chocolate and learn to be nice.
A mythic fable about tolerance and love with the bitter-swet flavor of a candy that's not entirely fresh but still digestible.
Most movies that criticize religion argue for the abolition of institutions. Chocolat suggests the problem lies in how people manipulate religion to get what they want.
Like other magical realist works, Chocolat blends realistic and mystical ingredients in a concoction that's one part drama and one part deadpan comedy
I've not had a film make me crave chockies so much since Willy Wonka.
Whether or not viewers end up licking their fingers to pick up the scraps ... depends on their tolerance for a different type of sugary sin: syrup.
A charming film with serious undertones.
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Foreign Titles
- Le Chocolat (FR)
