Depp plays an Irish gypsy who floats down the river to the village and is even more ostracized than Binoche is. The fact that a town would consider a chocolate shop owned by a non-churchgoer as the epitome of evil is something you have to look past to enjoy this movie. We all know everything is going to work out at the end, so just sit back and enjoy it. See if the crowd you see it with is as idiotic as mine. Films like this make everyone feel smart.
Every twist is telegraphed.
I heard people shouting things that a blind man would have seen coming miles away. But people are dumb all over. Have fun at this one. An extended family in China goes through death, birth, first love, and second chances. In nearly three hours, we are taken into a family and introduced to each member in great detail.