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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5017188883313
Format: PAL
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1EnglishSubtitles For The Hearing ImpairedDolby Digital 5.1EnglishSubtitled
Number Of Discs: 1
Region Code: 2
Running Time: 121 minutes
Theatrical Release Date: January 05, 2001
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
With movies like Chocolat, it's always best to relax your intellectual faculties and absorb the abundant sensual pleasures, be it the heart-stopping smile of chocolatier Juliette Binoche as she greets a new customer, an intoxicating cup of spiced hot cocoa, or the soothing guitar of an Irish gypsy played by Johnny Depp. Adapted by Robert Nelson Jacobs from Joanne Harris's popular novel and lovingly directed by Lasse Hallström, the film covers familiar territory and deals in broad metaphors that even a child could comprehend, so it's no surprise that some critics panned it with killjoy fervor. Their objections miss the point. Familiarity can be comforting and so can easy metaphors when placed in a fable that's as warmly inviting as this one.
Driven by fate, Vianne (Binoche) drifts into a tranquil French village with her daughter Anouk (Victoire Thivisol, from Ponette) in the winter of 1959. Her newly opened chocolatier is a source of attraction and fear, since Vianne's ability to revive the villagers' passions threatens to disrupt their repressive traditions. The pious mayor (Alfred Molina) sees Vianne as the enemy, and his war against her peaks with the arrival of "river rats" led by Roux (Depp), whose attraction to Vianne is immediate and reciprocal. Splendid subplots involve a battered wife (Lena Olin), a village elder (Judi Dench), and her estranged daughter (Carrie-Anne Moss), and while the film's broader strokes may be regrettable (if not for Molina's rich performance, the mayor would be a caricature), its subtleties are often sublime. Chocolat reminds you of life's simple pleasures and invites you to enjoy them. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating:  -
Lots has been made about this rather ridiculous film and its story. I've heard it cited in other films as though it were the Pentateuch.
Well, it STINKS. The performances stink, with the exception of too much Molina, good as he is, and too little Dench, and that is because Dame Judy's character simply doesn't add up to anything. The appearance of Depp is the most stupidly contrived "cameo" I've ever had to endure.
Is the film really that bad? Well, yes. It is brutal in places ... Read More
Rating: -
Chocolat is a movie of sentiments, and it certainly flaunts its sentiments proudly -- a stubborn quality that just as certainly lessens the film's overall dramatic weight. But at some point, its scrumptious heart melts its viewers into drooling weepers ready and hungry for its fairytale framework. And once that happens -- perhaps only minutes after the opening sequences, or maybe after its final ones -- it's more than difficult to shake its warmth. To call the movie inspiring may be too generous, but it ... Read More
Rating:  -
I bought this movie as a Christmas gift for my daughter. She really liked it. The service was great. I received it in good time.
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Chocolat ... an overwhelming assault of the senses in perfect harmony with all things good. Innocence and lust, desire and disdain, love and hate, joy and sorry, and all wrapped in a deliciousness one can only acquire by tasting for yourself. I will enjoy this movie over and over as if diving into a bag of chocolates..... Enjoy....
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I received the order very quickly, and in great condition. I was pleased with the price. The film is wonderful.
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