Like Water for Chocolate
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Director: Alfonso Arau
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Released: 2000-03-14
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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
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Like Water for Chocolate
- DVD: 0 pages (2000-03-14)
- Publisher: Walt Disney Video
- Label: Walt Disney Video
- Starring: Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné, Mario Iván Martínez, Ada Carrasco
- Director: Alfonso Arau
- Encoding: Region 1
- Format: Color, DVD, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1,
- Rated: R (Restricted)
- Studio: Walt Disney Video
- DVD Release Date: 2000-03-14
- Run Time: 105
- ISBN: 6305428476
- Average Customer Review: based on 162 reviews
- Sales Rank in DVD: #1124
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Summary: Nice - close adaptation of the book 2010-02-10
Comment: I am always biased when I read a book THEN watch the movie. This movie is good - I recommend the book to anyone.
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Summary: Like Water For Chocolate 2010-01-30
Comment: WOW! I could not believe he died. He had to wait for her for a long time. She had to die with him. Romantic movie.
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Summary: Watch What You Eat- Please 2010-01-02
Comment: Apparently once you get on the topic of food there is no end to commentary on the subject. Recently I reviewed the food-centered "Julie and Julia" about the marathon efforts of a modern day blogger to race through and prepare every recipe in the famous Child's cook book. Now we have this little precursor, a little Mexican import that has the mysteries, portents and usages of food, if not as the central plot then as an important prop in the narration of the story.
And that story? A tale straight out of the "magical realism" trend that is still, mainly, in vogue these days in novelistic treatments. In short, a tale of love, longing for love, love thwarted, love twisted, conventional family life Mexican style gone awry, old time views on the place of women and children in the nuclear family structure and all glue together by...endless scenes of the preparation of this and that in the ever present kitchen. A nice sent-up of a film and a cautionary tale or two to make one think. As I pointed out in the Child's review though, I hope I do not have to revive that old feudal tradition of having someone taste my food before I eat it.
And that story? A tale straight out of the "magical realism" trend that is still, mainly, in vogue these days in novelistic treatments. In short, a tale of love, longing for love, love thwarted, love twisted, conventional family life Mexican style gone awry, old time views on the place of women and children in the nuclear family structure and all glue together by...endless scenes of the preparation of this and that in the ever present kitchen. A nice sent-up of a film and a cautionary tale or two to make one think. As I pointed out in the Child's review though, I hope I do not have to revive that old feudal tradition of having someone taste my food before I eat it.
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Summary: My Favorite Movie 2009-12-23
Comment: I'm a big fan of movies in Spanish and this is my favorite of all. It's sensual, romantic, and magical. For people who speak Spanish as a second langauge, the language is easier than most films, so is a good way to practice your Spanish listening skills( first play it with sub-titles on. Then, watch it a second time with them off). It made me seek about chiles en nogada and they are delicious!
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Summary: defective DVDs - beware 2009-09-07
Comment: This DVD that Amazon is selling is defective. It won't play past the intro and just freezes in place. I had them replace the 1st one and the 2nd did the exact same thing, My guess is that they have aa defective lot. Amazon really needs to clean this up before they sell any more.