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Chocolat
Another art-house food film: an agnostic chocolate-maker opens her Little Shop of Temptations during
the Lenten fast. Director Lasse Hallstrom follows his discreet pro-choice propaganda (The Cider House Rules) with a smug, complacent, liberal-minded broadside against the smugness, complacency, and narrow-mindedness of a French-Catholic provincial village circa 1959. The motley international cast adds to the air of unreality: some do French accents; some don't; Juliette Binoche does one naturally; Johnny Depp does an Irish. With Lena Olin, Alfred Molina, Carrie-Anne Moss, Judi Dench, Peter Stormare. 2000.
Reader Rating:
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Length: 121
