To resist this Euro-synthetic confection, made to Miramax-factory specs, is not worth the principle since, unless you're allergic to sugar or butterfat, it's as fudge-y as advertised. Juliette Binoche stars as a luscious stranger who blows into a chilly, pinched, pious 1950s French village and sets up shop making chocolate confections that arouse the gentry to a ''shocking'' preference for pleasure over abstinence. The machine-polished cast includes Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, and Lena Olin. B-
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B-Details Release Date: Jan 05, 2001; Limited Release: Dec 15, 2000; Rated: PG-13; Length: 121 Minutes; Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance; With: Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp; Distributor: Miramax; More
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