Merci Pour Le Chocolat

Name: Merci Pour Le Chocolat
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
Released: July 31, 2002
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 83

2002

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Empire Pictures | Release Date: July 31, 2002

Summary: A mystery thriller set on the lakeside of Lausanne, Switzerland.

Director: Claude Chabrol

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Runtime: 99 min

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New Times (L.A.) Andy Klein

The film is a masterpiece of nuance and characterization, marred only by an inexplicable, utterly distracting blunder at the very end. Read full review

Kevin Thomas

Once again Chabrol's son Mathieu has composed a crucially evocative score, and Renato Berta's cinematography is gleaming. Merci Pour le Chocolat crackles with wit and elegance, humor and pathos. Read full review

J. Hoberman

Self-contained, enigmatic, illuminated from within, Huppert banks a performance that pays dividends throughout the film. Read full review

Ella Taylor

The story proceeds, by minuscule tonal shifts and barely perceptible changes in the atmospheric temperature, from touches of ghoulish comedy -- to the creepy stillness of death that pervades the house. Read full review

Richard Schickel

Occasionally succumbs to Mika's legato rhythms, but it is more often a sly, subtle comedy about the oh-so-gentle art of murder. Read full review

Jami Bernard

Not since Cary Grant offered Joan Fontaine a gleaming glass of milk has a bedtime toddy looked as suspicious as it does in Claude Chabrol's wittily enigmatic Merci pour le chocolat. Read full review

Paula Nechak

This bloodless, nuanced little thriller carries small weight save for Huppert's enigmatic, thrifty performance. Read full review

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