Blood and Chocolate (PG-13)
Young, beautiful werewolves battle in Bucharest.
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- Studio: Metro-goldwyn-mayer Pictures, Metro-goldwyn-mayer Pictures
- Directed By: Katja von Garnier
- Cast: Agnes Bruckner, Hugh Dancy, Olivier Martinez
- Running Time: 098 minutes
- Release Date: 01/26/2007
- Video/DVD Release Date: 06/12/2007
- Genre: Horror
- MPAA Rating: PG-13
- MPAA Explanation: violence/terror, some sexuality and substance abuse.
Parents need to know
Families can talk about the tension between Vivian's family expectations and traditions and her desire to be "free" of them. How does she come to trust her own instincts? How does Vivian's position represent that of other women in the pack? How does her childhood trauma affect her decisions? How does Vivian's struggle relate to the kinds of issues that real teens deal with? What could the movie be a metaphor for?
Message
Social Behavior:
Werewolves range from ferocity to nobility; human male protagonist is earnest; Vivian is torn between her wolfness and her humanness.
Consumerism:
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:
Some drinking in nightclub; several mentions of absinthe (once as "poison"); reference to drug dealer's bad acts ("dirty needles" and selling to children).
Violence
Wolves hunt and attack humans, leaving bloodied carcasses; one attack on a girl is rendered so that the result makes the point (but quick, flashy cuts omit the actual assault); prolonged attacks on the hero, with fighting and throwing/slamming, ripping of bodies; he assaults the wolves with a silver knife and sharp-edged pendant (bloodied wolves transform into human bodies); wolves growl and look menacing; assault on drug dealer has him smashed into bar and floor, begging for his life; lengthy shootout at film's end (werewolves shoot at each other).
Sex
Discussion of pack leader "taking a mate" every seven years; romantic scenes and kissing between primary couple; one cutaway from a prolonged nighttime kiss suggests that a couple had sex; some cleavage-baring outfits; after transforming into wolves, the human bodies appear naked (the crucial bits are always covered); girl dances provocatively, with shot of her bottom from male observer's point of view (she later appears later in a nightgown, about to be wolf-meat); lyrics in nightclub song include "I want to taste you."
Language
Fairly minor, including "hell," "damn," "bitch" (several times).
Common Sense says
What's the story?
Reviewed by Cynthia Fuchs
Is it any good?
It's not easy to read Vivian's face -- she's always sensual and slightly pouty, as well as by turns angry, aggressive, aggrieved, and accusatory. In this, she embodies the movie's unresolved tensions. Still, she makes a solid case for girl werewolves' rights, seeing the world in a more "holistic" way than her masculine counterparts. That alone makes her heroic.
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