If coming out of the closet was really as much fun as it is for the sexually adventurous youths in Better Than Chocolate, then everybody would be doing it, even straight people. But Better Than Chocolate is just wishful thinking, a giddy farce about sexual politics, the joys of being yourself and the stupidity of some prigs down at Canada customs.
Real life is tougher, harsher and nastier.
This movie is a little treasure and offers a lot of pleasure. And not just because of the playful, and sensuous, naked love scenes. Following her literary muse, she has given up her law studies to work in a radical lesbian bookstore. Meanwhile, complications arise. This is farce.