The gorgeous Agnes Bruckner stars as Vivian in this bland PG-13 teen drama about werewolves based on some chick-lit novel by some broad.
The film, which comes to us from the producers of Underworld (that says it all really) is a bit of a choppy, angsty mess which sees Vivian fall for artsy Aiden (Hugh Dancy) even though she is next in line to romp with Olivier Martinez’s Gabriel. She has to decide who she wants to be with whilst working as a chocolatier’s assistant. Isn’t teen life hard?
Okay, okay, it’s not as bad as people (or the awful trailer) made out. This was mauled by the critics upon release which is slightly unfair as it does add a few new touches to the werewolf sub-genre (silver in negatives = werewolf weapon) but I really didn’t need to see half an hour of people leaping through the air before turning into balls of light and landing on four legs as wolves.
The cast are good and do their best with a bit of a dodgy script (it’s all about the dialogue) and it’s cool to see wolves as opposed to hulking human hybrids here.
OVERALL SUMMARY
In the end, I really wasn’t even sure why it was called Blood and Chocolate as there’s very little of either on display. Halloween episodes of Dawson’s Creek were more terrifying than this and believe it or not, they were less angsty and talkative too.
