| Como agua para chocolate | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 152 reviews)
Sales Rank: 110889
Category: DVD
Actors: Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torne, Mario Ivan Martinez, Ada Carrasco
Director: Alfonso Arau
Format: Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 105 minutes
UPC: 057373141786
EAN: 0057373141786
ASIN: B000065HWG
Theatrical Release Date: February 17, 1993
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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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 One of the strangest movies that I've ever seen November 17, 2008
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 obscure. The way that the sister ran off and the mother's haunting of the girl and then setting the man on fire was odd enough, but then you get to the end where she eats matches to kill herself and then the building bursts into flames. The only possible reason that I can see for buying this movie is to sit there and make fun of it.
 I want some of that Chocolate ! ! ! October 5, 2008
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 FOOD, you'll enjoy one this too ! ! !
Depressing Drama May 26, 2008
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
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 April 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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.
Great flick April 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
i love this movie. its passionate and not a cheesy love story. i wanted some food after watching this movie! :p
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