Poor "screwball" lesbian comedy. Stereotypical characters ( demure effeminate lead who's not out of the closet, butch bohemian artist she falls in love with, mother who doesn't get liberated until she encounters a vibrator, and everyone's white ), no laugh-out-loud moments, no character development to really care about. Doesn't even approach Blake Edwards in his "S.O.B." years, and that's saying something. Naturally, it's only the gay or trans-gendered characters who are "normal". None of the straight characters ( except for the younger brother, a high-school kid ) can accept what's going on. Oh, for the day when a gay character or characters can populate a movie or sitcom, and they're not constantly cracking jokes about their being gay, or being made fun of, but can just behave like everyday people. THAT would be a ground-breaking development.
Review of Better Than Chocolate
