Like Water For Chocolate Reviews

Adapted from her own novel by actress-writer Laura Esquivel (Tacos de oro, Entelineas) and directed by her husband Alfonso Arau (perhaps best known to American moviegoers as the Mexican bandit "El Guapo" in The Three Amigos!), Como agua para chocolate is a Mexican version of the Cinderella story, in which a bitter matriarch insists that her youngest daughter has to follow a family tradition and give up any notions of marriage or love and care for her till she dies.

The movie starts in the Mexico of the early 1900s: Revolution is in the air already, and the wealthy Mama Elena is giving birth to...

This movie was written by Laura Esquivel. and directed by her then-husband. Laura Esquivel, a woman who resides in Marin County, California, was truly religious to hbook. I hate it when a movie, from a book, introduces characters and plots not in the text. This is a great date movie, albeit a sad one.

The main character, Tita, is forced to never marry or 'be with' her love, as she is required by family custom to care for her mother until she dies. Regardless, Tita becomes an expert in the Kitchen, making love to Pedro via tantaliing, succulent fare. I do warn you: the movie, and book, are...