Chocolat

An extremely endearing movie

Delicious in more ways than one! Enchanting and a story well acted and told! I loved this film ...

This is a favorite go-to movie for me. It's easy to watch and I love the simplicity in it. Chocolat reminds me of the to-the-point movies of the 80's and early 90's. Every moment serves a purpose with the story constantly moving forward.

A quaint movie that at times does slip into the corny and sickly sweet. Okay.

Such a cute little movie that makes you spend a really nice time. When the French make good movies, it shows. And it's rare enough to notice.

This movie is the romantic sensual bomb of movies! I adore the scenes, the actresses/actor, the moral of the story is not to judge but be understanding that everyone is different

Johnny Depp: "I'll come 'round sometime and get that squeak out of your door." Me, unsure if that's innuendo or not: "Hmmm" Every year or two we get a well-made, high-profile, excessively sentimental film that brings back echoes of classic cinema with accessible storylines and very sweet characters. Conflicts are noble but low-stakes. Lauded as a very pleasant bit of escapism on release, films like these often gradually fade out of the spotlight as audiences move on, seeing the end product as a bit simplistic or finding more modern substitutes. Chocolat is one such film, with a plot that boils down to something exceptionally universally liked (sweets) standing against the worst tenets of polite social conservatism, a plot totally terrified of being disliked. Juliette Binoche introduces handmade chocolate to a polite but repressed town through Mayan pottery and sentimental flashbacks in its commercial cultivation, but in this universe the violent rituals of the Maya and the economic exploitation that went along with chocolate production essentially do not exist, they have no place in a universe where disputes are solved through friendship and endorphin rushes. The film then beats you over the head with its message seemingly without end, in a world where virtually everything works out. Very sweet like its title, but excessively so. For some occasions, that's perfectly fine. For others, it upsets your stomach. (2/5)

Excellent from start to finish.

Do not watch this movie unless you have access to chocolate, high quality chocolate.

This movie is both feel-good humorous and touches the soul, with a beautiful soundtrack to match. Vivian, a lone, wandering woman with her young daughter who sets up a chocolate shop during lent in a close-minded and very unforgiving old European town. The cast is a quirky bunch of character foils who struggle to see eye to eye but are brought almost magically together by an ancient recipe. It's moves at a slower paced, but more than sufficiently accomplishes what it set out to do, reveal human nature and its imperfections. Beautiful imagery contrasting the colorful nature of the main character to the lifeless of the quaint town. Highly recommended.