Chocolat (2000)

• Year: 2000
• Released: 19 Jan 2001
• Country: United Kingdom, United States
• Adwords: Nominated for 5 Oscars. 7 wins & 36 nominations total
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241303/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Chocolat
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/chocolat
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English, French
• MPA Rating: PG-13
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Runtime: 121 min
• Writer: Joanne Harris, Robert Nelson Jacobs
• Director: Lasse Hallström
• Cast: Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench
• Keywords: based on novel or book, parent child relationship, small town, 1950s, france,

	7.3/10
	64/100
	62% – Critics
	83% – Audience

Chocolat Storyline

1960, small town France. Vianne Rocher (Juliette Binoche) and her young daughter Anouk (Victoire Thivisol) move into town and open a chocolate shop just as Lent is beginning. The town’s small-minded Mayor Comte de Reynaud (Alfred Molina) can’t accept this and does his best to shut her down, but her warm personality and incredible chocolates manage to win over many townsfolk. Things get shaken up even more when a group of river drifters, led by Roux (Johnny Depp), stop into town (to the even greater distress of the Mayor) and Vianne takes up with him. Meanwhile, she’s been helping Josephine Muscat (Lena Olin) out of her abusive marriage, and her equally freethinking landlord, Amande Voizin (Dame Judi Dench), get together with her grandson, Luc Clairmont Aurelien Parent Koenig), whose mother, Caroline (Carrie-Anne Moss), doesn’t approve of Amande’s ways.

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Chocolat Movie Reviews

chocolate dream

This film is not recommended to those who are on a low calorie diet, because it makes you want to dive into a bowl of succulent chocolate. It’s amazing how a simple movie can do that, without even using the scent to lure you. Chocolate turns an ordinary village of France into a sweet world, a fairy tale among simple people. The costumes and the scenery are very believable, really capturing the era and the atmosphere, of that time. But the story is good as well, without getting boring, speaking about the love that can tie family and friends together, the stereotypes that support closed communities of the countryside and how a simple ingredient like chocolate, can turn everything upside down. Great performances from the main and supporting cast actors and a memorable soundtrack. All in all chocolate is a remarkable film.

Chocolat — The tale of a mother and her will to help using cocoa

Chocolat is about the oddball in the village, the outsider bringing new perspective. It’s presented to us as a tale told from mother to daughter, almost like a legend.

The photography is beautiful. The sets are very immersive and realistic, with fitting wardrobe. The story is interesting and light hearted, with some hit of drama and laughters. The characters are well built and very well played.

The most annoying thing about this film is the mix of accent, real or false. I admit it’s probably because French is my mother tongue, but still. You eventually get used to it though. Also, the ending is just too perfect, especially concerning the mayor. I know the whole story has a fairy- tale undertone, but he completely reverse not only his view on the stranger, but also his demeanor and his religious views on the sanctity of marriage. It’s too much.

Still, I recommend to everyone, especially if you like a bit of romance and tall tales.

A Perfect Film !

What a pure delight Chocolat is. Gentle, Beautiful and heart warming. That could describe many films but unlike others it displays no clichés or tired ideas. It is refreshing and pure. The cast is superb, Binoche is a wonder who glides effortlessly through the part of the mysterious and beautiful Vianne. Molina is excellent as the repressed yet lustful Comte Renauld. Depp is as eccentric and wonderful as always.In fact the whole cast is fantastic. The story has all the elements of a wonderful fairy tale yet the perfect direction and the delightfully authentic french setting makes it serious movie. You really care about the characters and the many inter-twinned story lines keep you watching with joy.It also has a wonderful score and excellent costumes and sets, in fact in writing this review I cannot think of any criticism I could make. It is that rare thing : a truly perfect movie.