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Content Advisory: Nudity, Strong Sexual Content, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1999 DVD Release: 12/28/1999 Format: DVD - Letterbox for TV Edition: Director's Cut Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 42 mins Studio: Lions Gate Members Wishing: 13 Genres: Comedy, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Gay & Lesbian Films

Better Than Chocolate is a lesbian love story. Walking home from an evening at the lesbian club 'Cat's Ass,' Maggie is confronted by a gang of skinheads. Suddenly a minibus comes to a screeching halt and out jumps Kim. The skins move on, and Maggie thanks Kim, who watches her go. This is their first meeting. Maggie has recently dropped out of law school and now works in a women's shop. To avoid a confrontation with her mother, she makes up a success story and tells her that she's living in a beautiful apartment. As her mother is having her difficulties with her second husband, she decides to take her young son and come to live with Maggie for a while. Meanwhile, Maggie is housesitting the apartment of a female performer on tour. As fate might have it, she runs across Kim again and they find themselves at the new apartment making love in the shower -- at which moment Maggie's mother and little brother step in. The film was screened as part of the Panorama section of the 49th International Berlin Film Festival, 1999. ~ Gönül Dönmez-Colin, All Movie Guide

Wendy Crewson - Lila
Karyn Dwyer - Maggie
Christina Cox - Kim
Ann-Marie MacDonald - Frances
Peter Outerbridge - Judy

Anne Wheeler's lesbian romantic comedy Better Than Chocolate comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. English, Spanish, and French subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by the director, and a theatrical trailer. This is a very entertaining release from Trimark that should please the film's fans and possible draw some new viewers to this little-seen film. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide