Amour et chocolat (1992) (TV)

User Rating:

3.5/10   

Director:

Josée Dayan

Writers:

Maryedith Burrell (screenplay)
Ginny Cerrella (screenplay)

Release Date:

12 December 1992 (France)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

B.J. Cassidy, a rich businesswoman, has to invest several billion dollars for fiscal reasons. She undertakes to buy back a small French factory...

Plot Keywords:

Businesswoman | Chocolate | Chocolate Factory | France

Cast

Bo Derek	...	BJ Cassidy
Robert Hays	...	Eric Ferrier
François Marthouret	...	Hubert de la Canelle
Patricia Millardet	...	Lucrétia
Amidou	...	Beauregard
Howard Hesseman	...	Mr. Cassidy
Vincent Cassel	...	Dédé
David Martin	...	Gaston
Jean-Yves Gautier	...	Jean-Pierre
Hella Petri	...	La Marquise Pipo
Jim Adhi Limas	...	Doctor (as Jim-Adhi Limas)
Marc Monjou	...	Gardener
Marie-Thérèse Orain		(as Marie-Therese Orain)
Raymond Aquilon	...	Lift Repairman
Philippe Cal	...	Trainer ASPCA

Also Known As:

Hot Chocolate (USA)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

France | Belgium | USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | USA:PG-13

Company:

Canal+

Goofs:

Plot holes: Amidou / Beuregard is in the car when Eric takes Hubert to the airport on his way to the spa, but is back at the château when the Lucretia arrives to check out the château while Eric is going around Paris with BJ.

Quotes:

Hubert de la Canelle: B-B-but you'll never get away with this! I'm a Count! For God's sake! An aristocrat!
Dédé: You're right, but don't you remember what we did to the aristocrats during the Revolution, huh?

Cold cocoa

The Fox Movie Channel has a knack for unearthing forgotten movies that never made it, as part of the fare they offer their viewers. Case in point, "Hot Chocolate", a 1992 film that might not have had a commercial run, as it appears it went directly to video. It is no great loss, by the way, if no one ever saw it.

This movie set in France seems to have been a vehicle for Bo Derek, a gorgeous creature, that in this project, seems totally miscast as B.J. Cassidy, the daughter of a wealthy Texan, who loves to invest in obscure companies as a way to avoid taxes. B.J. comes up with the idea of buying a chocolate factory that produces excellent truffles and fits right into the Cassidys plans. She has to go to inspect the place and falls in love with the factory owner's private driver.

The film is predictable and doesn't have anything new to say. Perhaps with another leading lady "Hot Chocolate" would have turned out better. There is no chemistry between the stars, Robert Hays and Bo Derek. Ms. Derek's delivery is awkward, at times, and she gives a flat performance.