Like Water for Chocolate fingerprintBig heart, strong craft, a touch of humor.
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply romantic and deeply moving
Much of it is about family and growing up.
Some sharp wit
Not a comedy at heart.
Family, history, and fantasy
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Standout characters, direction, and performances
Standout cinematography, score, and visual style
A distinctive visual signature.
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Like Water for Chocolate is calm and low-intensity. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply romantic and deeply moving
Much of it is about family and growing up.
Emotionally, it's deeply romantic, deeply moving, and wondrous. Much of it is about family and growing up.
Some sharp wit
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect some sharp wit.
Family, history, and fantasy
Lived-in and easy to get lost in. Holds up on a rewatch.
Its world is built around family, history, and fantasy. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in. It holds up on a rewatch.
Standout characters, direction, and performances
The characters, direction, and performances stand out.
Standout cinematography, score, and visual style
A distinctive visual signature.
Look and sound: the cinematography, score, and visual style stand out.
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Like Water for Chocolate is included with a subscription to fuboTV, Paramount+, Philo, and MGM+ in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Hoopla. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, JustWatch TV, Amazon Video, and Apple TV Store. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 80/100 (IMDb 7.1, Rotten Tomatoes 88%, and Metacritic 86). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: sexual content.
1 h 45 min
Like Water for Chocolate runs 1 h 45 min.
No. It's adapted from a novel.
Not quite. Critics rate Like Water for Chocolate higher (87) than audiences (74). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $2 million to make and earned $22 million worldwide, 10.9 times its budget.
It was made in Spanish, with some English. Produced in Mexico.
+55GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Like Water for Chocolate in 69 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 87 storytelling tropes for Like Water for Chocolate, including Evil Is Petty, Romantic Runner-Up, Out with a Bang.
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