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Summary: ¡Esta película me encanta!
Review: I love this movie! Rarely is the movie as good as the book but this one was. Every actor gave a wonderful performance, especially Lumi Cavazos as Tita. Esta película es maravillosa y yo recomendaría que todo el mundo debe verla.
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Summary: If you were looking for the perfect romantic movie...
Review: THIS IS IT! this movie will leave you with a good feeling at the end but will also leave you laughing with tears in your eyes. It's one of those romantic movies that is truly one of the hidden jewels of romantic movies.You'll be able to hold on to this movie as one of your all time treasures..... it's definitely a winner!
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Summary: like water for chocolate
Review: I thought this movie would be just a wonderfully, romantic film concidering so many people said such wonderful things about it. I am still trying to figure out why so many people say it was so great. Maybe i just didn't understand it completely, or maybe it lost something in the translation that i didn't pick out, but overall, it was not even close to being as good as i though it would be. Yes it was a romantic movie, (which has always been my favorite kind) but i never found it to be that sweet or anything close to that. Above all, it was more of a tradigy. Maybe you will like it more than i did, so i guess if you want to, its worth a shot as watching. Remember it is in subtitles, so be prepared!
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Summary: Who Needs Chocolate As An Aphrodisiac......
Review: .....if you can get the same amount of passion as these two lovers.I absolutely adore this sensual, quirky romantic comedy drama about forbidden love and family ties set in early twentieth century Mexico. When Tita, the youngest of three daughters, falls in love with Pedro, a local lad, it seems only right that the two should marry and live happily ever after. But Tita's strict and cold-hearted mother has other ideas; according to a family tradition the youngest daughter in the family must stay at home and take care of her mother until she dies and thus making marriage at the bottom of the list of priorities. Determined to stick to it, Tita's mother forbids the marriage and instead offers the hand of her eldest daughter to Pedro. Believing that through marrying her sister it will mean remaining close to Tita, Pedro consents without fully realising the strain on the family this move will involve.... This film maintains it's charm, passion and wit all the way through and there are also really good performances from everyone especially Lumi Cavazos as the sexually frustrated heroine Tita. I confess to being shocked by all the nudity but then in the Latin countries nudity is no big deal and it is not at all gratuitous - so if you're hiring for titilation then you'll be disappointed Just in case you're confused by the seemingly nonsensical title it translates into "Como Agua Para Chocolate" in Spanish and is a South American idiom used to describe someone who is sexually frustrated. And there is certainly plenty of that here.....
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Summary: A poor moral and excessive nudity... no thanks
Review: I won't deny that this movie is well done, and I can appreciate the work that went in to making it. Personally however, I found the movie lewd and deeply lacking any worth to be found in the theme or plot. There are plenty of good movies out there to be wasting any time watching this one.
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Summary: from beginning to end...a flop to say the least
Review: Yes, another Romeo and Juliet who just cannot handle the strain... From the beginning of the film,I kept thinking "THIS HAS TO GET BETTER", but no answer. The first moment Pedro declared his love for Tita was simply insensitive and would have never led to believe a single word of what he was swearing. The end remained in a sollow mellowdramatic atmosphere without the success of a sincere "tour de force".
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Summary: Uniquely delicious.
Review: This is one of those rare, rare movies that do justice to the book upon which it is based. The movie re-creates the dreamy feel of legend that pervades the book with superb faithfulness. And, like water for making chocolate, it boils violently - with passion! In both book and movie, this is a tale of the tortures of repressed emotion. The youngest daughter of cold, powerful, and autocratic mother, Tita learns that she is forbidden to marry because she is designated to care for her mother in her old age. Rejected as a baby by her mother, Tita grew up in the kitchen, nurtured by the loving cook. Blocked at every turn from acting on her emotions, Tita magically transmits her frustrated and repressed feelings through her food. This is a story filled with the sort of simplicity and symbolism of legends and fairy tales. The food is stunning and complex, and adds yet another level of sensuous symbolism. With either the book or the movie, you will be swept into romantic allegory.
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Summary: "Te amo, Tita"
Review: You'll will be tangled in the movie with it interesting concept of "magical realism". The story is well developed, with minor exceptions of the original book, and it is a Mexican classic work of art. However, the dubbing is extremly bad. But you'll still love the movie. (Better than the dubbing in those lame, 1960s Godzilla movies from Japan.) Its better that you add the option for English subtitles. Woman will like it because it shows the struggle for independence by a woman, while feeding their "chick-flick" taste. Men like it because it isn't too "feme" for our sensitive mentalities. A guy and a girl can actually watch this video and not complain. I recommend that you read the original book. There are small details that give the entire story its "umph". Enrique Munoz Ramirez
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Summary: Five Stars for content, Four Stars for media
Review: This is a beautiful story that made the transition from novel to cinema quite gracefully. I would not consider not owning this film -- I have to have it. Even the supporting actors are fantastic. My two favorite supporting roles: Gertrudis and Chencha! What gems! The cinematography is gorgeous. I wanted to give this 5 stars because I love this story so much, but the DVD has a lot of artifacts from what appears to be a fairly battered copy of the film. The most salient artifacts are the reel cues (which appear as ragged circles along the right edge, centered vertically.) Except for these problems, the rest of the video transfer is quite well done with minimal compression artifacts. I suppose the sound is as originally mastered: stereo. We all love our surround sound, but this film is carried by the story so it isn't missed much.
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Summary: Tita, Would you like to come to the future, here?
Review: Hi, Tita. Would you like to come to the future, in the 21 centry? Could you still love your coward lover, Pedro? Are you going to submit you dictatory mother? Why don't you think about your life, How beautiful you are, What a great cook, You should live your life you deserve, don't you think? You will get a wonderful life with a lover who really takes care of you, Only you. and you will be happy, enjoy your passion, and live long with your lover.
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