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.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Scott Brown
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.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Michael Hardy
Entertaining in a B-movie sort of way, and you can't help admiring its earnestness about the philosophical issues it invokes.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Jeannette Catsoulis
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.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
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.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Lael Loewenstein
It's a relentlessly silly horror/fantasy/romance that is merely the latest twist on a tired premise.Read Full Review »
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