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Chocolat, is a charming whimsical movie with interesting characters, beautiful photography and an interesting overall story. I enjoyed it. It was different then I thought it would be from the previews, less of a fairytale, and more in similarity to a Toby Miguire movie called: Pleasantville, which I'm sure many reading this will have seen. But that is the movie that this strongly reminded me of.
This is a very feel good movie and featured a terrific cast. I was a bit surprised by Johnny Depp, he didn't walk away with the movie and steal every scene, to the contrary, his character was extremely underused. But the cast, all of them, were great and the movie a charmer.
As good as this was, I didn't adore it, more liked it a lot. It does move slowly and it's long. As mentioned, I expected more of a fairy tale, I think I was expecting a bit to much from the previews, but that's not to put this movie down at all, because it was really well done on all levels. The story is involving, you care about the characters, the movie does have some mystery and fairy tale elements to it, and the linking of Chocolate to joy and love of life is quite touching. This movie may not be perfect but is far from a bad movie.
Chocolat maybe thought of as to feel good by some, but I personally do not agree with that, a movie does not have to be dark all through to be a good movie. This is definitely something you have to be in the mood for, because of it's length, and the whole overall mood of the movie and it's not all sweetness and light either, there's some tough scenes (though the ending is as heartwarming as you can get.)
Chocolat is a movie I'd rate a 7.5 for good, not a 10(though I could easily see why someone else would rate it a 10.) This is an uplifting charmer of a film, set in a lovely french village, featuring a great cast, a touch of mystery and fantasy elements, capped off with a "Pleasantville" type of message. Not a bad way to spend a few hours!
Chocolat, is a charming whimsical movie with interesting characters, beautiful photography and an interesting overall story. I enjoyed it. It was different then I thought it would be from the previews, less of a fairytale, and more in similarity to a Toby Miguire movie called: Pleasantville, which I'm sure many reading this will have seen. But that is the movie that this strongly reminded me of.
This is a very feel good movie and featured a terrific cast. I was a bit surprised by Johnny Depp, he didn't walk away with the movie and steal every scene, to the contrary, his character was extremely underused. But the cast, all of them, were great and the movie a charmer.
As good as this was, I didn't adore it, more liked it a lot. It does move slowly and it's long. As mentioned, I expected more of a fairy tale, I think I was expecting a bit to much from the previews, but that's not to put this movie down at all, because it was really well done on all levels. The story is involving, you care about the characters, the movie does have some mystery and fairy tale elements to it, and the linking of Chocolate to joy and love of life is quite touching. This movie may not be perfect but is far from a bad movie.
Chocolat maybe thought of as to feel good by some, but I personally do not agree with that, a movie does not have to be dark all through to be a good movie. This is definitely something you have to be in the mood for, because of it's length, and the whole overall mood of the movie and it's not all sweetness and light either, there's some tough scenes (though the ending is as heartwarming as you can get.)
Chocolat is a movie I'd rate a 7.5 for good, not a 10(though I could easily see why someone else would rate it a 10.) This is an uplifting charmer of a film, set in a lovely french village, featuring a great cast, a touch of mystery and fantasy elements, capped off with a "Pleasantville" type of message. Not a bad way to spend a few hours!