After all of the violence and war movies, I was ready to just...chill. So I found a movie I thought would be good for that :) Melissa has always thought it was a travesty that I hadn't seen this and then I got the gasp of death from Leslee last night so I thought...ok ok! I'm on it!! Chocolat was nominated for 5 Oscars in 2000 - Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Music, Best Actress in a Leading Role (Juliette Binoche) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Judi Dench) - it did not win any though.
I LOVED LOVED LOVED IT!! I thought it was such a cute movie :) I was really enjoying it and then Johnny Depp showed up and it was all over. The characters/townspeople in this movie really are what make it special - I loved all the side storylines that were going on and how people were handling the chocolaterie differently. Juliette Binoche was so perfect as Vienne, so charming - and I especially loved Judi Dench's character, Armande. I think my favorite scene was when Vienne and Roux went out on his boat and he asked her how her daughter felt about moving around all the time - it was so subtle which I always appreciate, not overdone or overacted. Alfred Molina was fantastic as the town mayor - apparently in the book he was actually the Priest, which makes sense - in the movie he might as well be.
Fantastic poster for this movie :)
Loooooooooove this movie!!!!!!!! I'm so glad you watched it. I love all the coloring of it, and how she's always got these bright colored dresses in an otherwise completely drab-colored film. Johnny Depp in this movie is sheer perfect, lord almighty! I love Juliette Binoche in this movie, she completely carries it. But I eat up every scene with Judy Dench because I think she's perfectly subtle and a great mix of rough and sweet. And this movie propelled Alfred Molina even higher on my list of favorite character actors. Fabulous!!!
ReplyDeleteReally all your review needed to say was: "Johnny Deep......Irish accent....playing the guitar."
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Just one more thing . . . .
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I watched it twice in the same day! LOVED IT!!!
For all of the reasons that you mentioned, this film was so enjoyable.