Better Than Chocolate (1999)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Simply A Masterpiece

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

This is one of my all-time favorite movies. I still remember watching it in theater with my friend, Ndelea, and all the rush of emotions that went through me the entire time I was watching it. The cinematography is excellent and makes you feel as if you are actually there in person, like a fly on the wall.Peter Outerbridge's portrayal of Judy is superb. When Judy sings "I'm not a F**king Drag Queen", despite the fact the song is very humorous, the pain that Judy feels over not being accepted as a woman is felt with every word. It is by far one of the best moments in the film.Another classic moment in the film is when Lila, portrayed by Wendy Crewson, discovers the liberation of masturbation. Lila is a woman who has no friends, is suffering a divorce, and has found herself disconnected from her daughter. When she finds the box of toys she is at first confused but curiosity takes control and she learns that she can pleasure herself and let go of all that baggage. As she approaches orgasm she is compelled to put down the chocolate she had been obsessively eating. The scene is spectacularly set to classical music and you are lifted up with Lila as she reaches her climax.The lives of these characters are so complex and their stories are told so well that you become swept up in their pain and struggle to be themselves, to find love, and to be accepted.

Those looking for some hot lesbian sex scenes should go elsewhere because that is not what this great film is all about. It is a fantasy and a love story and a story about tolerance and courage and, yes, it is also about lesbian love and transgender love and tantric love, and, of course, about hate.Maggie (Karyn Dwyer) is just scrumptious as a 19-year-old who left college to find out what life is all about. Circumstances put her in the path of Kim (Christina Cox), an artist, who awakens the passion inside Maggie.Just when they are starting to get to know each other, Maggie's mom (Wendy Crewson) shows up with her brother (Kevin Mundy) after she catches hubby in an affair. Maggie is trying to get her life together and mom is starting over. Makes for a funny and interesting mix, especially when mom finds the box of toys under the bed.Judy/Jeremy (Peter Outerbridge) has her/his own problems trying to be accepted as she pursues Frances (Ann-Marie MacDonald). Carla (Marya Delver) is just after anything that moves, and introduces Paul to butt plugs.There is enough laughs to satisfy anyone, there is romance aplenty, and there are issues to make you think about pain and acceptance. It is truly an outstanding film.

This is that rarity, a sexually explicit film that's actually good. Chelsea Clinton-lookalike Karen Dwyer is a college dropout whose family doesn't know she's gay. Just as she's beginning her first serious relationship with beautiful Christina Cox, her mother (a hilarious Wendy Crewson) and teenage brother come for a visit. While Maggie (Dwyer) attempts to hide her relationship, her mother befriends a pre-operative transsexual and her brother makes time with a beautiful, sexually promiscuous bisexual. The movie gets bogged down in politics toward the end, but for the most part it's quite entertaining. Crewson displays an enormous comic talent as a middle aged woman rediscovering her sexuality and the sex scenes between Dwyer and Cox are beautiful and romantic. This film is aimed primarily at the gay/lesbian crowd but should appeal to quite a few straights as well. If you think Canadians are dull, rent this film and see for yourself.

Of the more than one thousand productions I have seen during my lifetime, this is definitely among the top three.It is strong in almost every respect, from its cinematography to its background music.To me, its highest appeal is its unqualified universality of emotion. How many of us have not had a parent step in at some supremely inopportune moment and ruin something valuable in our lives? How many of us have not been hated by someone who sees the world differently? How many of us have not instantly fallen in love? It is almost irrelevant that the production is set in the gay section of Vancouver or that the main characters focus on same sex love. It is emotions common to everyone that give the production its extreme appeal. I was cheering the girls, and would have been very hurt if they had not gotten back together again.I might add that this is the only DVD I have seen in which I enjoyed the director's comments as much as the production itself.Both of the young actresses displayed an amazing variety of facial expressions. The shot focusing on Cox's deep blue eyes while Karyn is unable to confront her mother with the truth is priceless, as is Cox's gesture half hiding her face and half saying "so what" as she flees the applauding crowd after the bathroom scene.The film's only weakness, in my opinion, is that everybody found someone in the end, at least at the very same instant. Life is simply not that generous.In summary, few viewers will be leave this experience feeling worse than when they began.