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31 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevyIt's built of such exquisite craft -- the acting, the decor, the photography, the music -- that to refuse it is to refuse the very sensations that draw us to art, romance and maybe even life itself.
- 80L.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmL.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmWhile there are scenes of wrenching emotional openness and spontaneous charm -- largely due to the irresistible allure and impeccable craft of its ensemble cast -- the degree of calculation apparent in its plot and images undermines its efforts to move and seduce.
- 80The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottSo assured in its manipulative prowess that only afterward do you realize how fully you've been worked over.
- 80NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenChocolat is a seriocomic plea for tolerance, gift-wrapped in the baby blue colors of a fairy tale and served up with a sybaritic smile.
- 80Mr. ShowbizMr. ShowbizIt's so easy to be mesmerized by Chocolat's brilliant indulgences that one abandons reason altogether.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumIt's as agreeably sweet as advertised, with a particularly yummy performance by Juliette Binoche.
- 63Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCertainly satisfies our hunger for a light, bright dessert, yet it may leave you hungry for more.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittMore sugary than satisfying.
- 50TimeRichard SchickelTimeRichard SchickelMade with a sort of tasteful vulgarity, this movie never disappoints the slack-minded audience's anticipation of the humanistically healing banality, the life-crushing behavioral cliché.
- 40Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonI can only bestow this adaptation of Joanne Harris's bestselling novel with such faint praise as "pleasant" and "mildly disarming."