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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
Theatrical Release: Dec 15, 2000 Limited
Box Office: $71,309,760
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 through town, it brings the vivacious and... [More]
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina
Director: Lasse Hallström
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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.
09/24/07
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06/24/06
Top Critic A mythic fable about tolerance and love with the bitter-swet flavor of a candy that's not entirely fresh but still digestible.
05/31/06
Top Critic
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.
12/06/04
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12/15/03
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12/15/03
I've not had a film make me crave chockies so much since Willy Wonka.
02/08/03
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01/07/03
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.
12/08/02
Any movie built on the premise that chocolate can cure mental illness, restore marital passion, unite feuding relatives, assuage anger, defeat oppression, inspire art and get you a date with Johnny Depp is all right in my book.
10/15/02
A charming romantic fantasy with delicious performances by the entire cast.
08/02/02
Carries on somewhat predictably, but is charming all the way through.
07/12/02
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06/19/02
Top Critic whimsical and lighthearted, a simple fable with no real message to impart except that Christianity without compassion can quickly dissolve into empty ritual.
06/15/02
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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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