Maggie works in a gay bookshop in Vancouver and is having a relationship with Kim, a van-dweller. Maggie's mother and brother decide to come for a visit but they know nothing of her sexuality...
Product Identifiers
Producer
Sharon Mcgowan
EAN
5038275100076
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3945570
Product Key Features
Actor
Ann-Marie Macdonald, Wendy Crewson, Christina Cox, Marya Delver, Karyn Dwyer
Film/TV Title
Better than Chocolate
Director
Anne Wheeler
Language
English
Run Time
97 Mins
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Format
DVD
Release Year
2002
Features
Chapter Indexes\Theatrical Trailer
Genre
Drama, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs
1
Certificate
15
Reviews
New York Times - ...[An] extremely good-hearted comedy....A comic rhapsody to romantic love..., Box Office - ...Charming....The cast is uniformly good..., Entertainment Weekly - "...Few lesbian love stories have been so romantic; even fewer have conveyed such joy of sex..." -- Rating: B+, Movieline - ...Likable....[Crewson is] especially delightful...
Additional Information
Life is going great for Maggie. She has recently moved out on her own and found the woman of her dreams. However, things quickly change when her mother and brother are forced to move into Maggie's tiny loft sublet with her. All the freedom and space she has gained is compromised, and she believes she must keep her blossoming affair a secret. But it's the clandestine romance that inadvertently introduces her family to a host of new experiences, many of which are better than chocolate. Karin Dwyer and Christina Cox are terrific as the young lovers, and Wendy Crewson is splendid as Maggie's mother, who might finally be ready to break out and start having some fun in her life.