Sunday, August 4, 2013

Better Than Chocolate (1999)

  This is a cute little Canadian rom-com that I had never heard of before I pulled it off Christy's shelf.

Maggie (Karen Dwyer) has dropped out of college in order to determine what she wants out of life when she meets Kim (Christina Cox).  Impulsively, she asks Kim to move in with her the same day her mother, Lila (Wendy Crewson), announces that she is getting a divorce and needs to stay with her daughter until she gets things worked out.  Maggie wants to avoid coming out to her mom but finds keeping it a secret is a lot harder to do when you're right under someone's nose.  With the help of her transgendered friend, Judy (Peter Outerbridge), and her boss, Frances (Ann-Marie McDonald), Maggie learns that life and art are what you make of them.

There are some fairly gratuitous sex scenes so, if you're bothered by hot naked lesbians, you should probably skip this one.  Honestly, I found the horrible 90's clothes to be much more objectionable but that's me.  Also, the soundtrack is very "indie grrl" because that was a thing that happened in the 90's that we will have to accept.  Otherwise, it's very cute.

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