Like Water for Chocolate
 | Directed by Alfonso Arau Starring: Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné, Mario Iván Martínez, Ada Carrasco Walt Disney Video, 1993, DVD Customer Rating: 152 reviews Recommend |
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Based on the best-selling book — now experience for yourself the erotic tale of forbidden love that seduced both critics and audiences nationwide! Tita and Pedro are passionately in love. But their love is forbidden by an ancient family tradition. To be near Tita, Pedro marries her sister. And Tita, as the family cook, expresses her passion for Pedro through preparing delectable dishes. Now, in Tita's kitchen, ordinary spices become a recipe for passion. Her creations bring on tears of longing, heated desire, or chronic pain — while Tita and Pedro wait for the moment to fulfill their most hidden pleasures!
Expect to be very hungry (and perhaps amorous) after watching this contemporary classic in the small genre of food movies that includes Babette's Feast and Big Night. Director Alfonso Arau (A Walk in the Clouds), adapting a novel by his former wife, Laura Esquivel, tells the story of a young woman (Lumi Cavazos) who learns to suppress her passions under the eye of a stern mother, but channels them into her cooking. The result is a steady stream of cuisine so delicious as to be an almost erotic experience for those lucky enough to have a bite. The film's quotient of magic realism feels a little stock, but the story line is good and Arau's affinity for the sensuality of food (and of nature) is sublime. You might want to rush off to a good Mexican restaurant afterward, but that's a good thing. — Tom Keogh
Title: Like Water for Chocolate
Sales Rank: 2970 in DVD
Actor: Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné, Mario Iván Martínez, Ada Carrasco
Director: Alfonso Arau
Studio: Walt Disney Video, 2000-03-14, Theatrical Release: 1993-02-17
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Acpect Ratio 1.85:1
Languages: Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), English (Dubbed)
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 105 minutes
Package Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.7 x 0.7 inches, 0.2 pounds
- One of the strangest movies that I've ever seen
- I first watched this movie with my roommate who absolutely loves it. The whole time though, I sat there hoping that it would get better. The entire plot is very strange, it seemed interesting at first, especially considering the fact that she was able to put her emotions into what she cooked, but then it just got more and… More reviews
- I want some of that Chocolate ! ! !
- I watched this movie at first when it came out and I liked it very much.
I've never thought about buying it but I saw it in Amazon and at such a nice price along with all the nice reviews and just decided to buy it.
I highly recommend it to anyone, it's just great.
If you really enjoy dramas and… More reviews
- Depressing Drama
- After reading a few reviews and hearing that it was similar to "Simply Irresistable," I thought this would be a good romantic movie. (Whoever said it was like "Simply Irresistable" is crazy.) It had some romantic moments, but overall this was very depressing, and frustrating, with a mother that drove you mad.
I would not recommend this movie.
- LIKE WATER ON CHOCOLATE
- This is one of my favorite movies. I had it on VCR and wanted to but the DVD in case th VCR wears out. It offers a cultural insite, is funny, sad, sexual and a really good story line. More reviews
- Great flick
- i love this movie. its passionate and not a cheesy love story. i wanted some food after watching this movie! :p More reviews
