'chocolat' Is Moviemaking At Its Best: A Sweet Story With An Important Message Posted By: Ed Bagley

Copyright AND copy; 2009 Ed BagleyChocolat - 4 Stars (Excellent)It is rare when you can say that a movie is so warm and wonderful that it can even overcome a manipulative, vindictive authority figure and a husband guilty of spousal abuse, but "Chocolat" manages to do so with some great acting, writing and directing.Chocolat is everything that is right about moviemaking AND #8212;a romantic comedy with some drama and important lessons to be learned about rejection, love, compassion, kindness, friendship, acceptance and helping people at their point of need.Like many great movies that earn Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Picture, Chocolat has a storyteller that weaves a tale fantastic fueled by the current of the north winds.It is the north winds that bring Vianne Rocher (Juliette Binoche), a single mother, and her 6-year-old daughter Anouk (Victorie Thivisol) to a small, rural village in France, where Vianne immediately opens a chocolate shop AND #8212;with Sunday hours AND #8212;across the street from a Catholic church during Lenten season.
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