Chocolate 2008

Critics score:
73 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Nathan Lee, New York Times: Chocolate is risibly sentimental even for a genre not known for its emotional sophistication. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: It's called Chocolate, but Cheese would have been just as good. Soaked with tears, full of schmaltz, and yet strewn with bodies, Prachya Pinkaew's new kick-'em-up is extreme action, extreme melodrama, and extremely hard to resist. Read more

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: It boils down to this: Thai girl fighting. Is that enough of a movie for you? Read more

Tom Huddlestone, Time Out: The heart of the film may be its action sequences but, even outside the battle arena, 'Chocolate' is a nicely characterised and consistently likeable piece of work. Read more

Russell Edwards, Variety: A less tasty martial-arts actioner featuring an autistic kickboxing queen energized by confectionery. Read more

Jim Ridley, Village Voice: The world may not have needed a Thai-language martial-arts hybrid of Kill Bill and Rain Man, but by God, it's got one now. Read more