Blood and Chocolate
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: January 26, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
33
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
7
Negative:
8
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70
SalonStephanie 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
58
Entertainment WeeklyScott 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
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland 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
50
Boston GlobeMichael 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
40
VarietyPeter 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
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank 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
40
The New York TimesJeannette 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
40
Austin ChronicleMarc 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
38
ReelViewsJames 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
38
New York Daily NewsRobert 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
30
Los Angeles TimesLael Loewenstein
It's a relentlessly silly horror/fantasy/romance that is merely the latest twist on a tired premise. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJ.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
25
San Francisco ChroniclePeter 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
25
The A.V. ClubKeith 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
20
L.A. WeeklyLuke 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
12
New York PostKyle 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
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