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Death by Chocolate, August 16, 2005
This review is from: Consuming Passions [VHS] (VHS Tape)
It seems this movie has gotten a lot of negative reviews by the critics, and it has passed into Forgotten-Movie-Oblivion as far as rentals go, or even as far as people's memories have gone.
I saw this movie about 15 years ago, and thought it was pretty darn funny. Not hilarious, but funny. It was bizarre in that brilliant Python-esqe way. It is loaded with British humor the way they do it best. Throw a polite, sensible, English chap into an extremely horrible and embarassing situation, and then watch as he uncomfortably deals with it. Keeping his gentlemanly politeness at all times, of course. "Shall I kill myself sir? Would that help?"
I liked the humor, liked the fairly gross story, and I especially liked the women in this movie. They really carried the story quite a bit. His girlfriend is very funny to me, especially how she so casually accepts that they have been putting dead bodies into their company's chocolate. "My experiment worked!". The landlady is funny also; so is the secretary. The lusty widow woman was okay, but a little bit over the top. I couldn't even understand what she was saying half the time. But that was okay.
I love how the movie ends. "Chocolate Man of the Year!" And the last scene is the best, when the guy has totally lost it. He feels his wife's thigh, thinking of how juicy and meaty it is. You can tell that he is a bit off his rocker by that time.
This movie is definitely one of the weirdest and most strange movies I have ever seen. Nevertheless, it is still a gem. If you have ever thought to yourself that chocolate and cannibalism would make a good combination, then this is the movie for you!
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Dark Chocolate, October 24, 2009
This review is from: Consuming Passions [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This is a dark comedy, and you have to understand the writers to really appreciate it. It was based on a play written by Python's Palin and and Jones and to my knowledge never made it to DVD. You have to put yourself back about 20 years in time to clearly understand it, other than that it was an excellent comedy with all the antics one would expect from the Python writers. Vanessa Redgrave's peformance was hilarious and Jonathan Pryce's business savy kept the momentum up. My hat's off to Palin and Jones for turning a simple accident into a funny romp through black humor.
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Black humor, dark chocolate...., October 31, 2004
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This is an story about the absurdity of modern world, from marketing to production, in a chocolate factory that started to have problems since they changed traditionnal ingredients to synthetic stuff...until the day an accident happens. The "boudin"-flavoured chocolate is a hit, and a special department (headed by J. Pryce) is created to ensure the supply of the raw material...
The film is absolutely hilarious!
A shame it does not exist in DVD format.
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