Judi Dench gives yet another superb performance for Chocolat. Dench plays a feisty and lonely widow who regains her humor with the help of chocolate. Dench gained a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Shakespeare in Love and earned a Best Actress nod for Mrs. Brown.
Chocolat is a sweet celluloid concoction from director Lasse Hallstrom. Based on the novel by Joanne Harris, the story centers on a mysterious woman, played by Juliette Binoche, who moves into a small town and opens a chocolate shop. In no time, social order is turned upside-down by her confections in a variety of funny and romantic interludes. Trouble arises when the mayor, who views chocolate as a sin, feels threatened by the success of the chocolate shop.
Strong supporting roles have been turned in by Judi Dench, Lena Olin, Alfred Molina, and Johnny Depp. Chocolat is produced by Miramax, which also backed Hallstrom's Oscar nominated The Cider House Rules last year.
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