Better Than Chocolate Movie Review 1999

Sweetly touching romantic comedy follows college dropout Maggie (Dwyer), who's trying to establish her own identity, which isn't so easy when she hasn't told her flighty mother, Lila (Crewson), that she's a lesbian. But now mom is getting divorced and she and Maggie's brother Paul (Mundy) are temporarily moving in, with Maggie trying to pass off her lover Kim (Cox) as just a roommate. Meanwhile, naive Lila is confiding in Maggie's transseuxual friend, singer Judy (a stellar Outerbridge), and discovering the joys of sex toys.

Distribution

CinemaNow, 4553 Glencoe Ave., Ste. 200, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292, URL: http://www.cinemanow.com, Remarks: Formerly known as Lions Gate Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 101 minutes.
Originally from Canadian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, Lesbians, Gender Bending, Moms, Brothers & Sisters, Sex & Sexuality, Nightclubs, Books & Bookstores

Screenplay

Peggy Thompson

Cast

Karyn Dwyer, Wendy Crewson, Christina Cox, Peter Outerbridge, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Kevin Mundy, Marya Delver, Jay Brazeau, Tony Nappo

Cinematography

Gregory Middleton

Director

Anne Wheeler

Music

Graeme Coleman