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Vergil5

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I thought this was a very good movie and one of the only werewolf movies I've ever liked. It has a good story to it of one werewolf that doesn't like the way her kind does things. Then she meets a guy and they fall in love but love between humans...
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I thought this was a very good movie and one of the only werewolf movies I've ever liked. It has a good story to it of one werewolf that doesn't like the way her kind does things. Then she meets a guy and they fall in love but love between humans and werewolves isn't permitted. There are a few flaws like the ending kind of sucked and it leaves you hanging. But if you are into werewolf movies you might want to see it but if you're not you probably shouldn't. All in all I gave it four stars but barely.

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Posted sep 9, 2007 4:12 am pt

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What a mess is what I can say. This is a werewolf movie that is poorly done oh yes it is. The story is of a young lady who is the chosn one to the leader of the wolves. She meets a human and falls in love and the rest is pretty much predictable....
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What a mess is what I can say. This is a werewolf movie that is poorly done oh yes it is. The story is of a young lady who is the chosn one to the leader of the wolves. She meets a human and falls in love and the rest is pretty much predictable. What gets me is when they turn into a werewolf they look like.. uhm.. regular wolves nothing special. Its almost as if why would you change for what. The look normal nothing special. The acting in this movie is.. what am I saying you are not going to watch this movie for acting. This is a bad movie that should be skipped. The only thing good about this movie is that its pretty short. Skip it at all costs.

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Posted jul 6, 2007 12:01 pm pt

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This movie is a great take on "werewolves". This isn't your traditional Underworld type werewolf movie. These people acutally transform into actual wolves instead of some monsterous form.

It has a great storyline and...
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This movie is a great take on "werewolves". This isn't your traditional Underworld type werewolf movie. These people acutally transform into actual wolves instead of some monsterous form.

It has a great storyline and it's easy to follow. All around a great film to watch.

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Posted jun 22, 2007 5:08 pm pt

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This movie is set in Romania and the videography is quite beautiful. Although this movie is about the Loup Garou (Werewolves) it is done artfully, with a great (if already done to death) story line, but it was just such a lovely movie to watch,...
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This movie is set in Romania and the videography is quite beautiful. Although this movie is about the Loup Garou (Werewolves) it is done artfully, with a great (if already done to death) story line, but it was just such a lovely movie to watch, that I didn't mind. The characters are engaging and I personally enjoyed how the werewoves morphed, it was graceful and I really wasn't looking forward to the cracking of bones. This movie reminded me a bit of author Kelly Armstrong's novels. If you enjoyed the movie, check out her free online stories http://www.kelleyarmstrong.com/aBeginnings.htm

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Posted jun 22, 2007 12:07 am pt

kvailas2

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Different look at the world of werewolves, where there is no such thing as shifting to some ugly fury humanoids....Despite of common plot it is rather good picture to watch....actually if this movie would be done with better visual effect, a bit...
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Different look at the world of werewolves, where there is no such thing as shifting to some ugly fury humanoids....Despite of common plot it is rather good picture to watch....actually if this movie would be done with better visual effect, a bit more action and a better acting performance it would make a wonderful picture....
To sum up all: It's not a must see, but worth watching :)

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Posted may 17, 2007 3:28 am pt

• [+] Salon.com
  
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  Never having read the book, I found Blood and Chocolate to be a lovely surprise, an imaginative and visually lush picture firmly rooted in the tradition of gothic romance and elegiac horror films about misunderstood monsters.

  by Stephanie Zacharek | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
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  Werewolves are tame with overuse, and movies like Blood and Chocolate -- where moments of inspiration vie in vain with Goth cliché -- play like underlit "Charmed" reruns.

  by Scott Brown | Read Full Review »
• [+] Boston Globe
  
  50
  Entertaining in a B-movie sort of way, and you can't help admiring its earnestness about the philosophical issues it invokes.

  by Michael Hardy | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
  50
  A far cry from such sneakily subversive werewolf-sex tales as "The Company of Wolves" (1984) or "Ginver Snaps" (2000), this pallid little picture is all "Lost Boys" (1987) posturing by way of the sublimely ridiculous "Covenant" (2006).

  by Maitland McDonagh | Read Full Review »
• [+] Variety
  
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  The entire star-crossed scenario is conveyed with the narrative simplicity of a musicvideo, lingering in an almost fetishistic manner on sensual details (boxes of chocolates, a blood-red ribbon) while compressing important elements of the story into clumsy montages.

  by Peter Debruge | Read Full Review »
• [+] The New York Times
  
  40
  Uninvolving and cliché-ridden (even shape-shifters, it seems, deserve a falling-in-love montage), Blood & Chocolate is "Romeo and Juliet" with fewer manners and more exotic dentition.

  by Jeannette Catsoulis | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Hollywood Reporter
  
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  The lead performers certainly are highly attractive, making this one of the more sensual werewolf pictures in quite a while -- and to their credit, they do manage to keep a straight face throughout. But ultimately, the anemic Blood and Chocolate could have benefited from a little less chocolate and a lot more blood.

  by Frank Scheck | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
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  Not as yummy as it sounds, true, but nowhere near as godawful as "Van Helsing," a small mercy but very much appreciated.

  by Marc Savlov | Read Full Review »
• [+] ReelViews
  
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  Horror fans will be disgusted by the lack of gore. Romance fans will be disgusted by the presence of gore. One is tempted to applaud the filmmakers for trying something this daring, but the result isn't good enough to warrant any acclaim, however lukewarm it might be.

  by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Daily News
  
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  Though technically a werewolf movie, the silly Blood and Chocolate is really just a toothless love story about the bad stuff that can happen when two very different people fall in love.

  by Robert Dominguez | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
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  It's a relentlessly silly horror/fantasy/romance that is merely the latest twist on a tired premise.

  by Lael Loewenstein | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
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  Good movie roles have generally eluded her (Agnes Bruckner), and she labors in vain to keep this big-studio horror confection alive.

  by J.R. Jones | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Onion (A.V. Club)
  
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  A romantic triangle between werewolves and humans doesn't sound dull, but director Katja von Garnier seems to determined to drain the life out of it.

  by Keith Phipps | Read Full Review »
• [+] San Francisco Chronicle
  
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  Not since "An American Werewolf in London" in 1981 reset the standard for man-to-wolf transformations has anyone tried to get away with special effects as pitiful as the ones in this movie.

  by Peter Hartlaub | Read Full Review »
• [+] LA Weekly
  
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  If you care a thing about your evening's entertainment, you'll walk out of this howler before you ever buy a ticket.

  by Luke Y. Thompson | Read Full Review »