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Like Water for Chocolate

Como agua para chocolate

1992

Alfonso Arau

Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné, Ada Carrasco ...

6.9

30,713

Drama. Romance. Comedy The passionate Tita (Lumi Cavazos) is in love with Pedro (Marco Leonardi), but her controlling mother (Regina Torne) forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro instead marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking – and discovers she can transfer her emotions through the food she prepares.

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"'Like Water for Chocolate' creates its own intense world of passion and romance (...) it continues the tradition of magical realism that is central to modern Latin film and literature (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"
		Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"'Like Water for Chocolate' offers old-fashioned romantic masochism-Harlequin pulp-dressed up in a magical-realist veneer"
		Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"Like Water for Chocolate is a feast for the soul. Hauntingly and exquisitely prepared, this Mexican adult fairy tale is garnished with mystery and wonder"
		Peter Stack SFGATE	"Though much of Like Water For Chocolate simmers with humor and the stumbling plight of human life, the movie takes its soul from deeper strains"
		Austin Chronicle	"Like Water for Chocolate, a simmering cauldron of romance and revolution, passion and purity, mysticism and witticism, is a powerful and heady brew."
		Mike Clark USA Today	"A delightfully robust fable about two passions that matter (sex and food)"
		James Berardinelli ReelViews	"Odd, playful, and sweet (...) the film weaves a subtle spell of enchantment -- until a disappointing conclusion"
		Angie Errigo Empire	"An enchanting story played out by a great female cast, particularly Cavazos as the poor Tita, and unique visuals from Arau."

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