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Better Than Chocolate by Anne Wheeler
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DVD detailsActor: Ann-Marie MacDonald, Christina Cox, Karyn Dwyer, Marya Delver, Wendy Crewson Director: Anne Wheeler Brand: Lions Gate Cinematographer: Gregory Middleton Producer: Christopher Adkins Producer: Peggy Thompson Writer: Peggy Thompson Producer: Rosamond Norbury Producer: Sharon McGowan Producer: Wolfram Tichy DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled) Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.85:1 Running Time: 101 minutes DVD Release Date: 1999-12-28 Audience Rating: Unrated Studio: Lions Gate
DVD Reviews of Better Than ChocolateDVD Review: AMAZON CENSORS THE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD VERSION Summary: 3 StarsI discovered this by purchasing this movie I'd seen once before and thought it was missing a few bits - particularly sexy bits. So I rented it via iTunes and VIOLA! the entire movie is right there. The video quality is poor, at best, like an old videotape that has been viewed too many times. To pour salt on the wound, finding a "Contact" link to send my complaint to has so far proven impossible.
This is a delightful film. Not perfect, but the parts that work work well - as one other reviewer said, at least two erotic scenes that are actually erotic (and CENSORED from Amazon's digital download) which is a rarity in any film genre. But that's not the only reason to watch this one. There's not a bad performance among the cast, it's well shot and never wanes from its determined breeziness.
I thought better of Amazon. I will never, ever recommend making a digital movie download purchase or rental from this site.
DVD Review: Cheesy & Wonderful! Summary: 5 StarsThis is such a fun movie...you won't find anything intellectually overwhelming, but what you will get is a cute movie, good music, and a happy ending!
DVD Review: Better Than Most Summary: 5 StarsThis was a cute little lesbian romance that covered issues that many young people experience in their lives. There is Maggie's desire to make her own life as a writer instead of going to college like her mother wants, and her hesitation about coming out to her mother. Her mother is dealing with feeling rejected and not sexual due to her husband's affair. The bookstore owner is having a censorship battle with customs in B.C. and confusing feelings for Judy, a mtf transexual. Judy must deal with her parents disowning her and some not too friendly lesbians at the dyke bar. I loved that every character in the movie had their own conflicts and found happiness in the end. Kim and Megan experience relationship problems, and the bookstore and Maggie come under attack by homophobes. Great story of triumph over many problems, and shows the importance of sticking together with family and friends. The romance between Maggie and Kim is sweet as well. Anyone could probably identify with at least one character in the movie if they are gay or straight. Love the music and performances of Judy as well. One of the better lesbian movies I've seen.
DVD Review: One dimensional and clich?-ridden Summary: 1 StarsRarely have I seen a movie this bad. I wanted to like it and kept waiting for it to redeem itself, but it didn't. The characters are flat and the story line is predictable and slightly annoying.
DVD Review: 2 stars out of 4 Summary: 3 StarsThe Bottom Line:
Better than Chocolate means well, but the movie isn't very well-written and all the LGBT trappings can't hide a painfully formulaic romance between the main pairing; if you're in the mood for a lesbian romance please watch something good like Show Me Love instead.
Description of Better Than ChocolateBETTER THAN CHOCOLATE UNRATED (DVD MOVIE) Many lesbian movies are long on charm and short on production values; Better Than Chocolate has a solid dose of both and steamy sex scenes to boot. Our heroine Maggie (Karyn Dwyer), a clerk at a lesbian bookstore, meets footloose butch Kim (Christina Cox) and, after Kim's van is towed away, they move in together. Unfortunately for their romantic bliss, Maggie's mother, Lila (Wendy Crewson), and teenage brother move in that very evening thanks to Lila's impending divorce. But what really complicates matters is that Maggie can't bring herself to come out to her mother; even when she tries, Lila steamrolls through the conversation, like she knows what's coming and doesn't want to hear it. Interwoven with this is the struggle of Judy (Peter Outerbridge), a male-to-female transsexual who's in love with the bookstore's owner, Frances (Ann-Marie MacDonald), who's freaking out because customs officers are holding a list of books at the border that they claim are obscene. The overlapping plots are deftly juggled, the personal and political are compellingly interwoven, and, most satisfying of all, the characters have problems that aren't going to be easily resolved. A handful of candy-colored lip-synching musical numbers give the movie some flash and the sex scenes give the movie some heat, but it's the elements of sorrow and ambiguity that really make the joy in Better Than Chocolate something to savor. --Bret Fetzer
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