Just a small beautiful and heartwarming story that's needed whenever one's feeling down. The story takes place in a post WW2 world, around the 60's in a small village in France that could very well be in a world of its own as it's immersed in its own atmosphere and little community. The viewer hardly ever sees references to the rest of the world except for small things such as "ireland's finest" or "american's rock". This sets the stage for a story of acceptance, friendship, and love that touches important messages while staying light and fun, and is accompanied by a great and immersive soundtrack by Rachel Portman, as it happened in other Lasse Hallström's films. Characters are fun and most also have quite a nice development arc that helps giving a sense of satisfaction by the end. Protagonists give good lighthearted interpretations. Worth watching and rewatching.

A beautiful romantic movie with a stellar cast. An absolutely must see film.. Tim Treakle

A splendid and delicious 😋 movie ever made chocolatiers taste the sweetness of chocolate 🍫.

Pleasant escapism. A few holes in the plot (like the clothes disappear when the transformation from human to Wolf happens, But when it goes the other way, the clothes don’t reappear), And no discussion on why their tradition of human prey getting to the river are free, Was not honored.

Delightful movie. Old style but warm and authentic.

An extremely endearing movie

Delicious in more ways than one! Enchanting and a story well acted and told! I loved this film ...

This is a favorite go-to movie for me. It's easy to watch and I love the simplicity in it. Chocolat reminds me of the to-the-point movies of the 80's and early 90's. Every moment serves a purpose with the story constantly moving forward.

A quaint movie that at times does slip into the corny and sickly sweet. Okay.

Such a cute little movie that makes you spend a really nice time. When the French make good movies, it shows. And it's rare enough to notice.

This movie is the romantic sensual bomb of movies! I adore the scenes, the actresses/actor, the moral of the story is not to judge but be understanding that everyone is different

Johnny Depp: "I'll come 'round sometime and get that squeak out of your door." Me, unsure if that's innuendo or not: "Hmmm" Every year or two we get a well-made, high-profile, excessively sentimental film that brings back echoes of classic cinema with accessible storylines and very sweet characters. Conflicts are noble but low-stakes. Lauded as a very pleasant bit of escapism on release, films like these often gradually fade out of the spotlight as audiences move on, seeing the end product as a bit simplistic or finding more modern substitutes. Chocolat is one such film, with a plot that boils down to something exceptionally universally liked (sweets) standing against the worst tenets of polite social conservatism, a plot totally terrified of being disliked. Juliette Binoche introduces handmade chocolate to a polite but repressed town through Mayan pottery and sentimental flashbacks in its commercial cultivation, but in this universe the violent rituals of the Maya and the economic exploitation that went along with chocolate production essentially do not exist, they have no place in a universe where disputes are solved through friendship and endorphin rushes. The film then beats you over the head with its message seemingly without end, in a world where virtually everything works out. Very sweet like its title, but excessively so. For some occasions, that's perfectly fine. For others, it upsets your stomach. (2/5)

Excellent from start to finish.

Do not watch this movie unless you have access to chocolate, high quality chocolate.

This movie is both feel-good humorous and touches the soul, with a beautiful soundtrack to match. Vivian, a lone, wandering woman with her young daughter who sets up a chocolate shop during lent in a close-minded and very unforgiving old European town. The cast is a quirky bunch of character foils who struggle to see eye to eye but are brought almost magically together by an ancient recipe. It's moves at a slower paced, but more than sufficiently accomplishes what it set out to do, reveal human nature and its imperfections. Beautiful imagery contrasting the colorful nature of the main character to the lifeless of the quaint town. Highly recommended.

Omg this movie was amazing it is a classic!! Definitely in my top 50 favorite movies!!

It was fun and touching. My take is that this is a movie that analyzes the issue between instant hedonistic desires and religion. Our hedonistic desire is chocolate in this movie and you should be having chocolate in your hands while watching it because you will want it...

The Irish/Gipsy accent from Depp is slightly dodgy but the rest of the small village vibe and repressive moralising was well observed.

From the giant-hearted mastermind Lasse Halstrom, creator of my favorite flick of all time, "My Life as a Dog", comes this irresistible Capra-esque fable, "Chocolat". It champions loving hard and dreaming big in a lonely world blackened by fears and sneers - and God do we need that right now.

I really enjoyed this film. The extras (items pulled from the theatrical release) do add to the film but, I can understand why they were left out. Absolutely adore Juliette Binoche. She shined in this film and I thought a good counter weight to Johnny Depp's lighter side. We get to see so many sides to people's personalities. We get to see people be their petty selves and we get to see people support and love each other. And, none of it has to be family or, have an underlying motive. If we can only get this far in today's America.