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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396189560
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: June 12, 2007
Running Time: 98 minutes
Sales Rank: 9518
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: January 26, 2007
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Product Description:
As a young girl living in the remote mountains of Colorado Vivian (Bruckner) watched helplessly as her family was murdered by a pack of angry men for the secret they carried in their blood. Vivian survived the attack by running into the woods and changing into a wolf. Ten years later Vivian is living a relatively safe and normal life in Bucharest Romania. Vivian spends her days working in a chocolate shop and nights trawling the city s underground clubs fending off the reckless antics of her cousin Rafe and his gang of delinquents he refers to as 'The Five.'Vivian s life begins to unravel when she has a chance encounter with Aiden (Dancy) an artist researching Bucharest ancient art and relics for his next graphic novel. Aiden pursues Vivian until she relents and begins to see him but she can t bring herself to tell him the truth - and lives in fear of showing him who she really is. Even though Vivian has sworn never to kill she is as much an animal as she is human and her love for Aiden threatens to cast him to the very wolves who saved her life and who are waiting for their chance to hunt him as prey.Run Time: 98 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: PG - 13 UPC: 043396189560 Manufacturer No: 18956
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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
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Needs to Be Observed while Imbibing Godiva Chocolate Liquer into Your Bloodstream.
I loved Annette Curtis Klaus's novel. It did for werewolves in a smaller amount of time what Ann Rice's Vampire Chronicles series did for vampires: Made them human and empathetic.
Klaus's story wasn't just one of people who became wolves at night and preyed on humans, but of the inner struggle their human part has with their animal part. Vivian learns eventually that she cannot help being what she is and that it's not so bad with a good, strong leader like her father once was.
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Rating:  - Way, Way Off
I usually try to appreciate films based on books for their own merits. This film is visually appealing, but as I absolutely love the original story, I truly cannot overcome my horror at how badly the story was butchered to make this into a film. I don't even know WHY it was butchered so badly, as it certainly doesn't improve the story, which was fine as it was. Agnes Bruckner is good in the role of Vivian, as are the actors who portray the Five; aside from Rafe's penchant for the occasional murder ... Read More
Rating:  - Fluffy Werewolves and Biting Humans
First I'll say I haven't read the novel so I wasn't let down by it because it differed from the original story. I've seen nearly every werewolf movie ever made from old black and white classics like the Wolfman or Henry Hull's Werewolf of London to the first 7 of the Howling movies (some of which I couldn't believe I actually wasted the calories watching the thing), Dog Soldiers, Wolf, Beast of Bray Road, American Werewolf in London/Paris, and even Cursed and Gingersnaps along with countless others. ... Read More
Rating: - Not the book...
Ok, this movie wasnt so good...it was ok, but not good. Mostly if you had NEVER read the book then you could make it work for you, maybe. I for one went to see this movie becuase i loved the book "Blood and Chocolate" by Annette Kurtis Clause. I was sadly disapointed to find that the ONLY things this movie had in common with the original book was: It was about werewolves, the girls name was Vivian. Thats it. NOTHING in this movie was anything like the book. I know that movies based on books are almost ... Read More
Rating: - Bad acting + Childish special effects + Slow pace = Boring
This movie is not worth watching beccause of the bad acting, childish special effects and slow pace. It's very boring. It's obviously a below-pare B movie.
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