Perhaps my favorite movie of all time!

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	• Chocolat (Miramax Collector's Series) Ashton Smith, Archie Van Beuren Miramax, 2001 average customer review:based on 405 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

beautiful

Simply a beautiful movie. Those that have given this a bad review are sorely mistaken. It is a slow but touching story that keeps you entertained the whole way through.

I still watch my copy at least once a month. You will not be dissapointed with this purchase. Give as a gift!

Perhaps my favorite movie of all time!

This is an exceptionally wonderful, entertaining film; I've watched and enjoyed it many times, and my teen and 'tween daughters have also fallen in love with it. The other reviewers have more than adequately described the outstanding performances of Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, and Johnny Depp. One of my own favorites in the film, however, is Hugh O'Conor as the young parish priest, Pere Henri. His rendition of "Ain't Nothin but a Hound Dog" (while working in his garden) is priceless. Kudos also to Lena Olin in her role of Josephine, who evolves from battered wife to confident tavern owner. I can't imagine anyone not loving and enjoying this movie.

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Sweet justice

This is one of the most romantic movies I've ever seen even when there isn't a love scene. Of course Johnny Depp makes the romance wonderful.

A PLEASANT CONFECTION...

This is a pleasant, though obvious, adult fable, broadly hinting at the often sensual, restorative, and mystical properties of chocolate. A beautiful and mysterious woman, Vianne, delightfully played by the winsome Juliette Binoche, along with her daughter, Anouk, arrive in a remote and very provincial French town, where she rents a patisserie from an elderly, crotchety woman, magnificently played by Judi Dench, and turns it into a chocolatier. From here, she concocts visually dazzling, mouthwatering amounts of chocolates, along with copious cups of hot cocoa made from a very special recipe, that are always sold or given by Vianne with a Julia Roberts style, mega watt smile.

Vianne is kind, compassionate, and tolerant. She is, therefore, a person to be feared by those who lack those traits. That is why she is greeted with bare civility by the town's mayor, wonderfully played by the always underrated, very talented Alfred Molina. He is a sanctimonious, intolerant, unhappy, religious prig, who insists on writing the sermons for the town's young, beleagured priest. Offended by Vianne's easy charm and her resistance to his invitation to attend church services, the mayor, whose hardened exterior hides a profound sorrow, declares war on Vianne, as he perceives her to be a threat to his established order of things.

Meanwhile, Vianne finally warms up and disarms her crotchety landlady, jumpstarts a tired marriage for two villagers, and befriends a battered woman, played with appropriate pathos, delicacy, and spirit by Lena Olin. She also manages a flirtation with an Irish drifter named Roux, well played by Johnny Depp, though they seem to lack chemistry together. She gains the confidence of those willing to become friendly with her through the mystical properties of her chocolates and hot cocoa, changing their lives forever. Though the mayor has vowed to drive Vianne's business into the ground and run her out of town, Vianne hangs on, determined to stay until the North winds blow her and her daughter to yet another unhappy town. What happens in this town, however, ultimately changes the lives of its mayor, the villagers, and even Vianne, forever.

This is a lovely, well acted, and moderately entertaining film, that thematically deals with the mystical, sensual, and palliative properties of chocolate. It is a frothy, pleasant confection. If you want a film, dealing with a similar theme, that will fully satisfy an appetite, however, one need look no further than the superb film, "Like Water for Chocolate".

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One of My Favorite Films

Why is CHOCOLAT a favorite film? Please don't ask me why. I was really enamored by Johnny Depp, was studying French art and had a trip to France planned with my school at the time of this film's release. Juliette Binoche is really fantastic in this film. The film itself is so viewable and continues to be so on repeated viewings. I think the lure is how Juliette Binoche's character has such an effect of the townspeople bring out all their repressions. However, Binoche being just as human as the rest is affected by Depp's arrival. Without being deep, I just think this film tells us something about who we are and helps us explore our own ambitions and frailties. I really like this movie.

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