Many lesbian movies are long on charm and short on production values; Better Than Chocolate has a solid dose of both and steamy sex scenes to boot. Our heroine Maggie (Karyn Dwyer), a clerk at a lesbian bookstore, meets footloose butch Kim (Christina Cox) and, after Kim’s van is towed away, they move in together. Unfortunately for their romantic bliss, Maggie’s mother, Lila (Wendy Crewson), and teenage brother move in that very evening thanks to Lila’s impending divorce. But what really complicates matters is that Maggie can’t bring herself to come out to her mother; even when she tries, Lila steamrolls through the conversation, like she knows what’s coming and doesn’t want to hear it. Interwoven with this is the struggle of Judy (Peter Outerbridge), a male-to-female transsexual who’s in love with the bookstore’s owner, Frances (Ann-Marie MacDonald), who’s freaking out because customs officers are holding a list of books at the border that they claim are obscen (more about Better Than Chocolate at Amazon)
| “Just when you think you don’t like the Canadians, here’s something they can be proud of. This isn’t your average lesbian movie staged in the heart of San Francisco…” Kate Bishop, Filmmonthly.com “Better than Chocolate has everything: a very attractive cast, a diverse score, numerous subplots and a setting in Vancouver in the summertime…” “Many lesbian movies are long on charm and short on production values; Better Than Chocolate has a solid dose of both and steamy sex scenes to boot.” |
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:03 pm
5.0 out of 5 stars
Better Than Most
This was a cute little lesbian romance that covered issues that many young people experience in their lives.
July 23rd, 2009 at 4:30 am
3.0 out of 5 stars
2 stars out of 4
The Bottom Line:
Better than Chocolate means well, but the movie isn’t very well-written and all the LGBT trappings can’t hide a painfully formulaic romance between…
July 23rd, 2009 at 7:10 am
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the Best Lesbian Movies
Better than Chocolate is surely one of the best lesbian films ever made. The movie shows the many facets of the lesbian world, both good and bad.
July 23rd, 2009 at 9:43 pm
3.0 out of 5 stars
Better than Chocolate
A good honest film about young love, well worth sitting down to watch. You could even enjoy it with your partner, what ever relationship your in.
July 24th, 2009 at 3:47 am
5.0 out of 5 stars
Way better than chocolate
Better than chocolate is the type of movie that after you are done watching it, you know that there are bad circumstances out there, but in the end it doesn’t matter because – if…