Storyline
A fable of emotional liberation and chocolate. A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religious and morally strict, is against them as they represent free-thinking and indulgence. When a group of Boat Gypsies float down the river the prejudices of the Mayor leads to a crisis.
Directors
Cast
Johnny Depp, Hélène Cardona, Peter Stormare, Alfred Molina, Carrie-Anne Moss, Judi Dench, Ron Cook, Hugh O'Conor, Lena Olin, Juliette Binoche, Antonio Gil, Leslie Caron, Aurelien Parent Koenig, John Wood, Victoire Thivisol, Gaelan Connell, Elisabeth Commelin, Michèle Gleizer, Christianne Oliveira, Guillaume Tardieu, Harrison Pratt, Marion Hauducoeur
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Reviews
91
Portland Oregonian
It's built of such exquisite craft -- the acting, the decor, the photography, the music -- that to refuse it is to refuse the very sensations that draw us to art, romance and maybe even life itself.
80
While there are scenes of wrenching emotional openness and spontaneous charm -- largely due to the irresistible allure and impeccable craft of its ensemble cast -- the degree of calculation apparent in its plot and images undermines its efforts to move and seduce.
80
So assured in its manipulative prowess that only afterward do you realize how fully you've been worked over.
80
Newsweek
Chocolat is a seriocomic plea for tolerance, gift-wrapped in the baby blue colors of a fairy tale and served up with a sybaritic smile.
80
Mr. Showbiz
It's so easy to be mesmerized by Chocolat's brilliant indulgences that one abandons reason altogether.
