- Actors: Wendy Crewson, Karyn Dwyer, Christina Cox, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Marya Delver
- Directors: Anne Wheeler
- Writers: Peggy Thompson
- Producers: Christopher Adkins, Peggy Thompson, Rosamond Norbury, Sharon McGowan, Wolfram Tichy
- Format: PAL
- Language English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Millivres
- DVD Release Date: 21 Jan 2002
- Run Time: 101 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005UJAO
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Amazon.co.uk Review
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 bookshop, 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 steamrollers through the conversation, as if 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 bookshop'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-coloured lip-synching musical numbers give the movie some flash and the sex scenes give it some heat, but it's the elements of sorrow and ambiguity that really make the joy in Better Than Chocolate something to savour. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com
Special Features
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DVD 5
English
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Dolby Digital Stereo English
Dolby Digital Stereo
Chapter Indexes
Theatrical Trailer
DVD 5
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital Stereo English
Dolby Digital Stereo
Chapter Indexes
Theatrical Trailer
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61 of 61 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Decent lesbian films are hard to find, but this one's a real gem. Funny, romantic and that little bit sexy (mmm body painting those curves). Ideal to play at night, and curl up on the settee with your girlfriend. Even some of our straight friends love it. The main plot's a comedy around mum coming to stay and the inevitable coming out after catching her daughter in bed with her g/f. There's some nice little subplots including literary type, Francis besieged by customs impounding all her imports for her bookstore and the efforts of Julie, a translesbian woman not only to woo the shy conservative Francis but also to fight for recognition as a true woman. Overall, it's upbeat and fun to watch again and again. Gritty it isn't, but then if u wanted that, you'd go for All Over Me, Bound or the Monkey's Mask. Finding something else in the way of a film like this so positive about lesbian love and romance is pretty hard, but you might like the second story of If these walls could talk 2 with a wicked portrayal of butch-femme lurve.
40 of 40 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
A funny, sexy, great-to-watch lesbian film. Surely not, I hear you say. Well, yes, Better Than Chocolate is that film. It's a fairly standard structure, girl meets girl, falls in love, minor degree of angst ensues. But the characters are all very likable, the sex scenes are hot and believable, though not enough, and the story itself is actually highly humerous and interesting. A definite must for any self respecting lesbian, and anyone else who likes a good film. PS Watch out for Julie's number, hilarious!
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
This was a genuingly warmhearted look at a group of women and their budding relationships. The main story being about two young women who meet and quickly fall for each other. The actors are believable and charming.
Personally, I found the most interesting characters to be in the support cast. For instance, the mother who is divorcing her husband becomes friends with Judy the transgender lesbian - played very well by Peter Outbridge - who is in love with the bookstore owner Frances (great character) whose books are being impounded by customs.
There are a few musical numbers at a club they frequent and this adds to it's slightly offbeat charm. It's something I would watch again. A very enjoyable film.
Personally, I found the most interesting characters to be in the support cast. For instance, the mother who is divorcing her husband becomes friends with Judy the transgender lesbian - played very well by Peter Outbridge - who is in love with the bookstore owner Frances (great character) whose books are being impounded by customs.
There are a few musical numbers at a club they frequent and this adds to it's slightly offbeat charm. It's something I would watch again. A very enjoyable film.
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only one reason to watch this film
after all the reviews i read about this film i thought it was worth a watch. the lead characters are boring and are not very realistic at all! terrible acting! Read more
Published 10 months ago by benzin556
disappointed
i bought this film on a recomendation of a friend. when it arrived it was clearly a copy. the titles r all foreign and the picture value was terrible. Read more
Published 18 months ago by lesley1
watchable
i was expecting this movie to be fantastic after hearing so much about it, although, i was a little dissapointed whitch was probably down to the hype my friends had around it, but... Read more
Published 18 months ago by stacey
BETTER THAN CHOCLATE
Hi, I live in South Africa and bought the DVD thu you, I wish I coud review but I need an area code to watch the movie. Read more
Published 24 months ago by M. T. Pape
Sweeter than Chocolate
A much vilified Lesbian movie the cover of which is possibly pinned to the centre of each and every Feminist Lesbian's dart board from here to Northern Ontario and the sweetest,... Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2010 by E. Veldon
better than chocolate
Funny and romantic, a good dvd to curl up and watch with your Girlfriend. One of my favourite Lesbian DVD's
Published on 14 Oct 2009 by loving it!
Bravo, Beautiful, Brilliant!
This film was exquisitely sexy and dealt with several issues (coming out, divorce and loss of role, diversity of sexuality, sensuality). Read more
Published on 28 July 2009 by Annie Fur Lactic
Complete Rubbish
Started watching this film with high hopes but within 2 minutes realised my mistake...bad acting in an even worse plot... Do NOT waste your time watching it!!
Published on 7 Jun 2009 by H. Harris
sugar-free chocolate
A low budget doesn't make up or a lacking story line!
The grading was bland and the acting left something to be desired. Read more
The grading was bland and the acting left something to be desired. Read more
Published on 9 Dec 2008 by C. E. Mulcahy
Top score on the cringe scale!
One I won't recommend. The only good thing about it was the fact that I got to hold my girlfriend's hand while watching it!! Read more
Published on 22 Nov 2008 by Snoopy
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