Better Than Chocolate
by Anne Wheeler
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Actor: Ann-Marie MacDonald, Christina Cox, Karyn Dwyer, Marya Delver, Wendy CrewsonDirector: 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-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 101 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-12-28
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Lions Gate
Movie Reviews of Better Than Chocolate
Movie Review: Better Than Most
Summary: 5 Stars
This 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.
Summary of Better Than Chocolate
A sexy rom of love and lust with surprising results. Maggie meets the woman of her dreams kim just hours before her mother lilia and brother paul move in with her. When the four end up sharing a loft maggie believes she must keep her affair a secret. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 02/05/2002 Starring: Karyn Dwyer Wendy Crewson Rating: Ur Director: Anne WheelerMany 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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