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Writer:
Peggy Thompson (screenplay)
Release Date:
8 July 1999 (Germany)
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Tagline:
A Delicious Comedy
Plot:
Two attractive young lesbians, Maggie and Kim, meet in Vancouver, develop a passionate romance, and move in together...
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Sex Change
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Lesbian
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Gay Club
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Lesbianism
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1 win
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1 nomination
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(3 articles)
Interview with Christina Cox
(From AfterEllen.com. 29 July 2009, 9:49 PM, PDT)
Hong Kong Orders Posters For Movie Removed
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 6 April 2000)
(From AfterEllen.com. 29 July 2009, 9:49 PM, PDT)
Hong Kong Orders Posters For Movie Removed
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It's Never Too Late For Love, Even If It's Battery Operated
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Wendy Crewson | ... | Lila | |
| Karyn Dwyer | ... | Maggie | |
| Christina Cox | ... | Kim | |
| Ann-Marie MacDonald | ... | Frances | |
| Marya Delver | ... | Carla | |
| Kevin Mundy | ... | Paul | |
| Tony Nappo | ... | Tony | |
| Jay Brazeau | ... | Mr. Marcus | |
| Beatrice Zeilanger | ... | Bernice (as Beatrice Zeilinger) | |
| Peter Outerbridge | ... | Judy | |
| Gerald Varga | ... | Skin Head 1 | |
| Robert Parent | ... | Skin Head 2 | |
| Corrine Koslo | ... | Safe Sex Advocate | |
| Veena Sood | ... | Religious Zealot | |
| Tony Marr | ... | Lila's Boss |
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Rated R for pervasive strong sexual content, nudity and language.
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101 min | USA:102 min (unrated version)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:(Banned) |
Canada:18A |
Germany:12 |
Hong Kong:III |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
USA:Unrated (director's cut) |
Iceland:12
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Boom mic visible: After Judy and Lila have their duet in the condo, the boom mic dips briefly into the top of the frame.
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Featured in Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004) (TV)
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Cantata from Giumona
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Better Than Chocolate is a Canadian film about the relationship between mother and daughter which turns out to be a lot closer than we're originally led to believe. As the mother, Wendy Crewson appears to be oblivious to the fact that daughter Karyn Dwyer is a lesbian.
At least that's how it appears when she drops in unannounced on her daughter and a recent new girl friend, Christina Cox. The pretext is that Dwyer has dropped out of the university, but Crewson wants to check out more than that.
Acting honors in this film go to Peter Outerbridge who plays the transgender woman Judy, formerly Jeremy. Outerbridge in his own way is playing a role as much a pioneering effort as Hillary Swank in Boys Don't Cry. Had this been a major American film, we might have been talking Oscar for him.
Outerbridge is a wise old soul who's seen life from a few different perspectives. She's been cast out by her family, kind of like Michael Dunn is Ship of Fools. Just as Dunn's parents didn't want a dwarf around and gave him spending money to constantly travel, Outerbridge's parents by him a flat precisely so he can live away from them. It's quite a scene when Judy discovers that the flat is really a kiss off. Crewson and Outerbridge aid each other in their moment of crisis.
If nothing else should have tipped her off that Dwyer was not living the 'normal' life those battery operated sex toys should have said something. Of course Crewson finds they have their uses and she who has said that sex is now being sworn off for chocolate finds that even battery operated love is better than no love at all.
Better Than Chocolate is funny and sweet and endearing all at the same time. A triple threat on the emotions from Anne Wheeler in Canada.