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Blood and Chocolate
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 16 critic reviews
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Based on 12 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Romance
Written by:
Ehren Kruger
Christopher Landon
Annette Curtis Klause (book)
Directed by: Katja von Garnier
Release Date:
Theatrical: January 26, 2007
DVD: June 12, 2007
Running Time: 98 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for violence/terror, some sexuality and substance abuse
Starring Agnes Bruckner, Hugh Dancy, Olivier Martinez, Katja Riemann, Bryan Dick, Chris Geere, Tom Harper, and John Kerr
A darkly romantic thriller that explores the limbo between the human and inhuman worlds, as two young lovers (Bruckner, Dancy) risk everything to cross it. (MGM)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
Never having read the book, I found Blood and Chocolate to be a lovely surprise, an imaginative and visually lush picture firmly rooted in the tradition of gothic romance and elegiac horror films about misunderstood monsters.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Scott Brown
Werewolves are tame with overuse, and movies like Blood and Chocolate -- where moments of inspiration vie in vain with Goth cliché -- play like underlit "Charmed" reruns.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Michael Hardy
Entertaining in a B-movie sort of way, and you can't help admiring its earnestness about the philosophical issues it invokes.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
A far cry from such sneakily subversive werewolf-sex tales as "The Company of Wolves" (1984) or "Ginver Snaps" (2000), this pallid little picture is all "Lost Boys" (1987) posturing by way of the sublimely ridiculous "Covenant" (2006).
Read Full Review >Variety Peter Debruge
The entire star-crossed scenario is conveyed with the narrative simplicity of a musicvideo, lingering in an almost fetishistic manner on sensual details (boxes of chocolates, a blood-red ribbon) while compressing important elements of the story into clumsy montages.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis
Uninvolving and cliché-ridden (even shape-shifters, it seems, deserve a falling-in-love montage), Blood & Chocolate is "Romeo and Juliet" with fewer manners and more exotic dentition.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
The lead performers certainly are highly attractive, making this one of the more sensual werewolf pictures in quite a while -- and to their credit, they do manage to keep a straight face throughout. But ultimately, the anemic Blood and Chocolate could have benefited from a little less chocolate and a lot more blood.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
Not as yummy as it sounds, true, but nowhere near as godawful as "Van Helsing," a small mercy but very much appreciated.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
Horror fans will be disgusted by the lack of gore. Romance fans will be disgusted by the presence of gore. One is tempted to applaud the filmmakers for trying something this daring, but the result isn't good enough to warrant any acclaim, however lukewarm it might be.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Robert Dominguez
Though technically a werewolf movie, the silly Blood and Chocolate is really just a toothless love story about the bad stuff that can happen when two very different people fall in love.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Lael Loewenstein
It's a relentlessly silly horror/fantasy/romance that is merely the latest twist on a tired premise.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader J.R. Jones
Good movie roles have generally eluded her (Agnes Bruckner), and she labors in vain to keep this big-studio horror confection alive.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps
A romantic triangle between werewolves and humans doesn't sound dull, but director Katja von Garnier seems to determined to drain the life out of it.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Peter Hartlaub
Not since "An American Werewolf in London" in 1981 reset the standard for man-to-wolf transformations has anyone tried to get away with special effects as pitiful as the ones in this movie.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Luke Y. Thompson
If you care a thing about your evening's entertainment, you'll walk out of this howler before you ever buy a ticket.
Read Full Review >New York Post Kyle Smith
As for the script, a wittier director would have spotted the absurd elements and delivered a horror-comedy instead of a straight-faced bore.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 5.4 (out of 10) based on 12 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Buddhamind gave it a4:
The movie is boring and badly acted. I watched 20 minutes and just got so bored I wanted to do something more interesting like riding on my bicycle. It's not that I don't like werewolf movies. I am actually quite a big fan of vampire movies and werewolves have a similar atmosphere to them. But this movie just sucks.
Jared C. gave it a10:
Great plot and great action.
L D gave it a7:
Having read the bok every year since à was 13 ( 1997) I can say that the movie is really nothing like the book. We meet the same character's names but not the same history. I'm a bit desapointed however vivian's feelings are the same and that's whats' most important.
Chad S. gave it a4:
"Blood and Chocolate" uses what looks to me like real wolves, not the CGI-generated feral dogs created for bigger-budget studio fare such as "Underworld" and "Van Helsing". It gives this "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"-knockoff a retro(or to put it less lightly, a low-budget) look that might have an unintended effect on the audience. There's a difference between seeing a wounded animal and a wounded FX. For some, Vivian(Agnes Bruckner) might be viewed as a traitor for choosing a human over her own "people". It's her first love. What if Aiden(Hugh Dancy) isn't the right guy? What if Vivian wakes up one morning and realizes she ostracized herself for a guy who'd rather draw than commit? "Blood and Chocolate" most resembles the Josh Whedon series when it's speculated that Vivian might be the chosen one(the wolf that marries the alpha wolf). When you see the end result of her transformation, you'll laugh. As Elvis Costello sang, "It's uncomplicated."("Blood and Chocolate" is the title of an E.C. album, and quoted in the first track "Uncomplicated") She's prettier than the other wolves. Vivian would make a nice pelt.
PARANOiA gave it an8:
Personally, I loved the movie, it didn't quite meet the expectations that I had for it. Ill admit there were parts that had some bad acting, but other than that, I loved the story and the movie was great. One thing though, I don't think this should be considered Horror movies, if anything, it has more elements of suspense than it does Horror (but very little of it) if you have nothing to do, I think you should check this out.
Thomas L. gave it a4:
Tepid horror at best. I went to see this movie with no expectations and found myself glad I had none.
