Aaron Petroff- Chocolat

I decided to watch the movie Chocolat for this blog assignment. It was a movie I had never seen before, so I rented it and sat down to watch it. I enjoyed it very thouroughly, probably because of Johnny Depp. He is such a strange guy that all his movies are interesting no matter what. The ideas that this movie brought up in me were mostly dealing with “food and morality.” The fact that chocolate is not allowed to be eaten at Lent is one thing, but the fact that Vianne and her daughter opened the shop at the same time Lent was going on was another. I thought that this was a very bold move by them, one that could have killed business. A weird thing I found out was her secret ingredient was chiles. The film showed how if you have a little personality and talk to people, you can make friends. It also showed how easily people are to being swayed from their beliefs. The review I read on Proquest was titled “Chocolat- Rich with Extras” and it was published in the Houston Chronicle. I agreed very much so with the review. The whole reason the movie was as good as it was is because of the magical feeling you get from Vianne’s character. She makes the movie feel like a fanatasy movie more than a drama. Also, they suggested the same ideas as I have about opening the Chocolat shop during Lent. One interesting thing they pointed out that I didn’t notice is Vianne’s belief in change. She believed that everybody could change, even the lady with the abusive husband, and she encouraged change. Her character definitely stirred things up a bit in the village, but it was with good intentions. Overall, I loved the movie and would definitely watch it again.