Truth be told, I sat there and chuckled warmly in all the right spots, and felt delight in the stubbornly stylish central character.

| Apr 10, 2018

Full Review | Original Score: B | Sep 7, 2011

Its subject now reveals itself as political and social freedom in Castro's Cuba and this is what makes it an intelligent companion piece to Memories of Underdevelopment, Alea's earlier film.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 3, 2009

A clear call for tolerance, deftly executed by a director for whom the personal and the political were indivisible.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 3, 2009

It's a clear-eyed critique of the revolution's treatment of gay Cubans and, as such, it's a brave and important piece of film-making.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 3, 2009

Watching his funny and likeable Havana-set comedy is like chancing upon some undiscovered early gem by Godard or Woody Allen, and yet it has a worldliness and drollery that is all its own.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 3, 2009

It's rather long-winded and the politics are pretty boring to an outsider.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 3, 2009

A superb Cuban film from 1993, a little classic about gay freedom and its aspirations versus Fidel Castro and his Marxist straitjacketing.

| Jul 3, 2009

It verges on the preachy, but it's a generous and intriguing film.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 3, 2009

Strawberry & Chocolate (Fresa y Chocolate) has a special place in cinema history.

| Jul 3, 2009

The film's premise (friendship between a straight and gay man) may be familiar, but set in Cuba the tale's particular context adds freshness and political alertness, resulting in a charming film with a quasi-hopeful message

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 9, 2007

Intelligent political drama

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 5, 2007

This first gay filmic offering from Cuba actually plays a good deal better than it sounds.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 30, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 28, 2005

Beautiful.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 12, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 20, 2003

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

The movie has real strength and charm, especially in the way it leads us to expect a romance, and then gives us a character whose very existence is a criticism of his society.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000