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Chocolat
2000
· Movie
· 121 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2027
- IMDb #1667
- Google retired #453
- Rotten Tomatoes #2178
- Metacritic #2262
- Letterboxd #2358
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3155
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1303
- Metacritic Critics #2052
- Metacritic Audience #2693
- Criticker #1712
- Douban #634
- Kinopoisk #495
- AlloCiné #2561
- Trakt #1804
Every rating
49–94
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 49, highest is Google on 94.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A mysterious woman and her young daughter arrive in a repressed French village and open a chocolate shop during Lent. Her decadent confections and gentle kindness begin to break down the judgmental attitudes of the townspeople, much to the dismay of the rigid, traditionalist mayor who sees her as a corrupting influence.
Details
- Director
- Lasse Hallström
- Writer
- Robert Nelson Jacobs
- Based on
- Chocolat by Joanne Harris
- Studio
- Miramax, David Brown Productions
- Released
- 22 December 2000
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, French
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $25.0M
- Box office
- $152.7M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 34 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 39 →2 major awards won · 5 wins from 39 nominations across 22 ceremonies
| Art Directors Guild Awards 2000 | Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film | David Gropman, John Frankish, Lucy Richardson, and Louise Marzaroli | Winner |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2000 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Judi Dench | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2000 | Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Robert Nelson Jacobs | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2000 | Best Actress | Juliette Binoche | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2000 | Best Supporting Actress | Judi Dench | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2000 | Best Original Score | Rachel Portman | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2000 | Best Picture | David Brown, Kit Golden, and Leslie Holleran | Nominee |
| Berlin International Film Festival 2000 | Golden Bear | Lasse Hallström | Nominee |
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Screen Actors Guild Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Judi Dench | Winner |
| Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Juliette Binoche, Leslie Caron, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugh O'Conor, Lena Olin, Peter Stormare, and John Wood | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Juliette Binoche | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film | David Gropman, John Frankish, Lucy Richardson, and Louise Marzaroli | Winner |
Academy Awards
5 nominations
| Best Actress | Juliette Binoche | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Rachel Portman | Nominee |
| Best Picture | David Brown, Kit Golden, and Leslie Holleran | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Robert Nelson Jacobs | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Judi Dench | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Juliette Binoche | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominee | |
| Best Original Score – Motion Picture | Rachel Portman | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Judi Dench | Nominee |
Berlin International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Golden Bear | Lasse Hallström | Nominee |
Goya Awards
1 nomination
| Best European Film | Lasse Hallström | Nominee |
Grammy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | Rachel Portman | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Robert Nelson Jacobs | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Robert Nelson Jacobs | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Judi Dench | Nominee |
European Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Juliette Binoche | Winner |
Nastro d'Argento
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Female Dubbing | Franca D'Amato (for dubbing Juliette Binoche) | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
8 nominations
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Juliette Binoche | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Judi Dench | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Lena Olin | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Robert Nelson Jacobs | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Roger Pratt | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Renee Ehrlich Kalfus | Nominee |
| Best Makeup and Hair | Naomi Donne | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | David Gropman | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors Awards
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical | Andrew Mondshein | Nominee |
British Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film | Roger Pratt | Nominee |
Costume Designers Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film | Renee Ehrlich Kalfus | Nominee |
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Judi Dench | Nominee |
David di Donatello Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Lasse Hallström | Nominee |
Japan Academy Film Prize
1 nomination
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Judi Dench | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Judi Dench | Nominee |
USC Scripter Awards
1 nomination
| USC Scripter Awards | Robert Nelson Jacobs (screenwriter) ; Joanne Harris (author) | Nominee |
World Soundtrack Awards
1 nomination
| Soundtrack Composer of the Year | Rachel Portman | Nominee |