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Dueling Critics

starstarstarstar Kevin Thomas - LA Times
starstarstar Tom Keogh - Film.com
starstarstar Susan Stark - Detroit News
starstarstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstarstar Rita Kempley - Washington Post
starstarstar Joe Baltake - Sacramento Bee
starstarstar Jay Carr - Boston Globe
starstarstar Arthur Lazere - culturevulture.net
starstarstar Rob Blackwelder - SPLICED Online
starstarstar Philip Wuntch - Dallas Morning News
starstarstar Lisa Schwarzbaum - EW
starstarstar Carla Meyer - SF Chronicle
starstar Mike Clark - USA Today
starstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstar Elvis Mitchell - NY Times

[A] work of artistry and craftsmanship at the highest level, sophisticated in its conception and execution, yet possessed of wide appeal

- Kevin Thomas

[T]he feature-film version of milk chocolate: an art house movie for people who don't like art house movies. That's hardly a compliment

- Elvis Mitchell

Chocolat

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Juliette Binoch drifts into a small French village and opens a chocolate shop, giving her suspicious neighbors candies that solve their problems. Lena Olin, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Peter Stormare, Carrie-Anne Moss, Leslie Caron, John Wood, Hugh O'Conor, Victoire Thivisol. Director: Lasse Hallström (2000, PG-13)

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