Chocolat (2000)
One taste is all it takes.
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Chocolat rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.2/10· 209K votes
Rotten Tomatoes63%
Metacritic64%
TMDb7/10· 4K votesWith 63% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.2/10 on IMDb and 64/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About Chocolat
In the winter of 1959, a single mother and her young daughter arrive in a rural French town, where they open an unusual chocolate shop that disrupts the moral fiber of the strictly Catholic townsfolk and mayor.
Cast of Chocolat
Juliette Binoche
as Vianne Rocher
Judi Dench
as Armande Voizin
Alfred Molina
as Count Paul de Reynaud
Lena Olin
as Josephine Muscat
Johnny Depp
as Roux
Hugh O'Conor
as Father Henri
Carrie-Anne Moss
as Caroline Clairmont
John Wood
as Guillaume Blerot
Peter Stormare
as Serge Muscat
Leslie Caron
as Mrs. Audel
Victoire Thivisol
as Anouk Rocher
Aurelien Parent Koenig
as Luc Clairmont
Chocolat facts
- Budget
- $25M
- Box office
- $152.7M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Director crafts charming period drama celebrating cultural and culinary acceptance
- •Ensemble cast brings warmth and authenticity to small-town relationship dynamics
- •Food serves as meaningful vehicle for examining tradition versus personal freedom
What the audience disliked
- •Conflict resolution feels somewhat convenient and undermines dramatic stakes
- •Supporting characters lack sufficient development beyond archetypal small-town roles
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