Blood & Chocolate | 
| Director: Katja Von Garnier
Actors: Agnes Bruckner, Hugh Dancy, Olivier Martinez, Katja Riemann, Bryan Dick
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  94 reviews
Sales Rank: 5880
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 98 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D18956D
UPC: 043396189560
EAN: 0043396189560
ASIN: B000OCY7TY
Theatrical Release Date: January 26, 2007
Release Date: June 12, 2007
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When graphic novelist Aiden (Hugh Dancy) travels to Bucharest to research the loup garou legend, he nearly gets devoured in the latest female werewolf film, Blood and Chocolate. In the tradition of Werewolf Woman and Ginger Snaps, Blood and Chocolate stars Vivian Gandillon (Agnes Bruckner), a girl who's forced to face her lupine tendencies in order to discover how capable of loving Aiden she really is. Based on a book by Annette Curtis Clause, the film chronicles the lives of the remaining loup garou who are an extended Romanian family waiting for their pack leader, Gabriel, to select his new mate. His desire for Vivian means trouble when her wish to be with Aiden results in her revealing too much about the clan's secretive lifestyle. In this film, werewolves look fully human until their eyes glow with colored contact lenses while they fly through the air to then land as full-fledged wolves. Gone are the days, apparently, of films showing the transformation in all its hairy, explosive detail. A lack of scenes describing the werewolf metamorphosis make this film more a love story than a monster tale, though two forest gatherings in which the loup garou hunt human sacrifices offer some grizzly satisfaction. Unlike the aforementioned femme werewolf films, Blood and Chocolate features a girl fighting her urge to kill in a bid to unite humans with her brethren, making this movie the most peaceful in its genre. With a tame wolf as protagonist, the potential nightmare is really just a pleasant dream to unite the two disparate worlds. The question is: Do we want that to happen? --Trinie Dalton
Product Description
WITH THE FIVE ON HER TAIL, A YOUNG BEAUTIFUL WEREWOLF NAMED VIVIAN SEEKS PEACE IN THE ARMS OF AIDEN WHILE ESCAPING THE NEVER-ENDING INFATUATION GABRIEL HAS ON HER. BUT WHEN A STRING OF ACCIDENTAL MURDERS HAPPEN, THIS THREATENS TO RIP AND EXPOSE HER PACK APART.
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 Doesn't hold up to the book June 27, 2009
Christyl Johnson (California, USA)
I read the book when it came out years ago, but read it again for the sake of the movie. I had a feeling the movie wasn't going to live up to it just from the trailers, so I waited this long, til it was on TV, to watch it.
This story was soo childish it was sad. The was the "rules" worked pretty much screwed them from the beginning. One man shouldn't be allowed to have all the power over soo many people. He especially shouldn't be allowed to "have" someone that doesn't even want him. What I kept waiting for was for Vivian to actually defy Gabriel, tell him she wouldn't lay with him even if he forced her to be his mate. But she stayed soo nervous, for no good reason. And why did all those werewolves follow him anyway? I mean if Gabriel wasn't soo intent on having things his way, none of the fighting would have happened.
All in all, it felt like a waste of time.
 Read the book - want to see the movie? June 21, 2009
Annette "must love books"" (Australia)
After reading the book (which by the way was quite good), discovered the movie version, while I was a bit unsure (the synopsis for the movie seemed that it was a bit of a departure from the book), I thought, why not give it a go, unfortunately except for the fact the female lead in both the book & movie have the same name & turn into a werewolf, and the other characters have the same names, it was so loosely based on the book, as to be almost non-existant. As werewolf movies go its a tad lame, but kinda OK, but if you liked the book & hope to see the movie expecting the same, basically don't bother.
Don't Bother June 15, 2009
Kat Sharp
I loved the book. It didn't turn out like you would have expected, and I loved it for that.
The movie, on the other hand, made the whole story boring, predictable, and utterly retarded. It pretty much neutered the passion and vitality that made the book so incredible.
Even as a stand-alone movie (setting aside comparisons with the book), this movie was ridiculous. Bad acting, poor scripting, and passionless dialogue painted a horrible low-budget snoozefest that you'll have a hard time getting into.
MORE FANTASY-LOVE STORY THAN HORROR June 8, 2009
Geary A., Jones
This is not as bad a movie as some have claimed ( though it hardly compares to AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, or even THE HOWLING ). It is a bit sappy at times, and occasionally devolves into soap opera, but on the whole, the acting is decent, the camera work is atmospheric enough, and the story could be much worse. The transformation scenes are about the least convincing aspect of the film, but the two hunt scenes are fun. There is also, unfortunately, very little horror in BLOOD & CHOCOLATE.
would give it 0 stars...but April 22, 2009
Sarah Chmielewski (Baltimore, MD)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie and the book are completely different. And not in a forgivable sense. Usually movies are different only on slight details that are needed, like plot changes to make the story make sense when in the book it would have been an internal dialoge.
No, in this movie everything changed, from being set in New England to Romania. From Vivian being in highschool to now she works in a chocolate shop. etc etc. Another problem, there is no chocolate in the book, its a metaphor. And they completely changed the entire ending, and not for the better in my opinion.
As someone who loved this book growing up I'm glad that I didn't waste any money on seeing this movie.
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