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Summary: Why Not?
Review: I bought this movie trying to build up my lesbian movie collection and have since watched the movie a few times. It's a great movie. The actors aren't well known but they are pretty good... I guess what I'm trying to say is good movie.
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Summary: Good Movie!
Review: Okay, if you want my opinion (staight girl for 38 years, but lately I have been asking what if?), I think this is a cute movie. It's soft and entertaining. I think everyone would like this movie regardless of gender or sexual preference. It has a happly every after ending that is always good.
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Summary: Hilarious and Sweet
Review: This is the ultimate lesbian movie, although I recommend it to anyone, of any orientation. Both Kim and Maggie are adorable, the uptight, neurotic Francis is hilarious, and the 'bathroom scene' is both steamy and funny!
Rent or buy this movie a.s.a.p.!
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Summary: only the best lesbian movie in the whole world!
Review: Lesbian movies just don't get any better than this one. Maggie's strife to come out resinates with all of us as we have all been there. Kim is just to darn hot to take your eyes off of! (if you want my honest opinion!!!) The songs are so fitting. The sexual tention between Francis and Judy adds great depth. And the artistic examples of how to stand up for yourself is great. I love how its all non violent. All in all the best movie to see!!
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Summary: I liked it
Review: Not ready for Prime Time, but I liked these women and the way they followed their feelings.
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Summary: Mmmmm Chocolate
Review: A great film that explores a budding romance, relations with parents who don't know, and then the struggle against censorship. Some amazing scenes with body paining, and a live naked window display. Explores some anti-GLBT issues as well. Over all one of my favorite movies.
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Summary: I enjoyed this movie
Review: I caught it late night on hbo and thought it was a total blast. I thought the characters were great and the lovestory very sweet. I defiantly enjoyed the music that was moving along with the story and felt it matched perfectly with the various scenes.
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Summary: contrite and oh, so predictable
Review: ... The plot is too predictable and the actors underwhelming as was the characters themselves. The speed with which they hook up with one another gives new meaning to the u-haul joke. And the sex scenes were sadly lacking as well. They had very poor chemistry and their "passion" for one another seemed entirely forced ...
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Summary: So-So
Review: The STORY:
Better than Chocolate tells an unimaginative story. A 19 year old girl named Maggie is romanced by an older artist, Kim. Her mom and brother come to stay at her apartment while her lover tries to live there. Problem is they don't know she's queer. Maggie is left trying to juggle her love life with Kim while keeping her sexuality a secret to her family. CHARACTERS: Character development is thin. Maggie was supposedly a dork in high school but it no longer applies to her now. The actress who plays her is charismatic and engaging, but her character just doesn't have much to her. She comes across many times like a blank tv screen. Kim hardly registers. She's older and more experienced, but the film doesn't touch on how that dynamic might affect their relationship. Instead much of the time is spent on Maggie's mom and brother. The character of the mother contradicts herself- old fasioned and homophobic, yet sensitive and with-it all at once. These are not planned contradictions. This is lazy writing.
The "wacky" characters who hang around the bookstore where Maggie works lack originality and seem defined by their appearances and the stereotypes they fit in. The sensitive transsexual who gives all the women advice, the stuck up Getrude Stein-reading old lesbian, Frances. The vixenish bi-sexual, and of course our wholesome red-haired heroine, Maggie. ... Many peopel called this film "Erotic". Yes. Maggie is gorgeous. Yes Kim is very good-looking too. But this movie isn't as sexy as what I expected. There are two brief sex scenes between Kim and Maggie. An extended masturbation scene with Maggie's mother and a sex toy, and a scene of sex between the brother and the bisexual. The erotic painting scene is pretty unsexy, the camera going in slow motion as if its filming a demented merry-go-round scene for a horror flick. OVERALL With a subplot at every turn, weak characters, and a director who fails to engage us in her story, Better Than Chocolate is a weak movie with a few strong attributes (mainly its star). See it only if you must.
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Summary: A Must for Every Lesbian's Collection
Review: If you're a lesbian, I'm sure you'll agree with me that there aren't very many REALLY good lesbian films out there yet. (If you've seen Go Fish, you know what I mean.) I think that this is definitely one of the best so far. The story is believable, the acting is well-done, and when it's over I guarantee you'll have a smile on your face. I absolutely love it. It was one of the first DVDs I bought.
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