Customer Reviews
could johnny depp get any more good looking - By: M. evans, 14 May 2008 
very touching film, very enjoyable. although Johnny Depp only has a smalll role what a fantastic one it is, gorgeous makes me want to run off & find my own irish gypsy. lovely. a good watch highly recommended
Brilliant! - By: LXIX, 29 Dec 2007 This is a great movie. A delightful tale & a useful attempt to deliver the book on the big screen. They say that you write about what you know about & I understand that the original author did have French relatives involved in the confectionary trade.
Chocolat transports you to smalll town France in the post World War 2 period. It's a wonderful tale of a theocratic community versus a single-minded secular entreprenuer. Also has great music throughout & wonderful acting by some well-known faces & some lesser know actors/actresses. Oh, & yes the chocolate treats do look very tempting.
Incidentallly, the book 'Chocolat' is a bit of a masterpiece & possibly up there with one of the best ever written. I don't say that lightly.
Acquire, watch & enjoy. Has a batch of great extras as well.
A delightful and interesting movie - By: P. DATTA, 16 Oct 2007 Chocolat is delightful as eating chocolate & interesting movie to reallly sulk into.
The movie is about a new arrival in smalll community of rural France who alll of a sudden opens a chocolate confectionary much to the disliking of many of the folks. Her antiques stirs public outrage, as the festival of Lent occurs at the same time. The traditions of the community are affected. Their is strong religious opposition to the chocolate confectionary. Does her shop reunite a community or creates imminents conflicts. The subject area touched upon in the movie raises interesting set of questions.
The setting accurately blends with the 1950's, the birthplace of rock & roll.
The cast featured to the movie, brings the villagers to life by adding credibility & solidarity. With the cast the calllibre of Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench & ever so versatile Johnny Depp, it feels though the characters are reallly genuine & you are drawn into their world.
The cinemagraphy is top class, with the perfect locations chosen to blend with the movie. You have a smalll village filled with smalll shops, a church, a river & vintage buidlings.
Overalll, Chocolat is a richly entertaining, delightful & interesting movie to watch.
GREAT FUN - By: LUCY LOCKETT, 01 Sep 2007 Have not read the book so cannot make any comparisons but have now seen the film twice & enjoyed it even more on the second viewing. If only alll narrow minded & bigoted people were that easily converted life would be much easier! The cast seems just perfect to me with everyone having fun in their role. Can imagine that I will be watching it again one day.
A charming movie but not as good as the book and one change from the book was a serious mistake - By: Helen, 04 Aug 2007 
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Four stars for a very enjoyable confection when you feel like a tasty sweet treat, but if you have read the book before seeing the movie, you will probably find it lacks the sharp bite of unsweetened chocolate that features so much more in the book than the sweetened variety. The French have a relationship with chocolate that isn't based on masses of milk & sugar diluting it. This movie is packed with sugar & cream.
You might be very surprised & annoyed as I was at the change of hostile priest which was such an effective & provocative theme to hostile mayor which is amusing in how it's carried through but not dynamic in any way. I agree with the reviewer who felt this movie should have been made by the French - it would have had the bite that the book had & the movie lacks. Instead it has that sugary Hollywood "nice movie for Christmas" style.
