– Director: Alfonso Arau

– Stacker score: 85.8

– Metascore: 86

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– IMDb user rating: 7.1

– Runtime: 105 minutes

Based on the best-selling Mexican novel by Laura Esquivel, the film explores the connection between food and love. Tradition prevents a young woman, Tita, from marrying her true love, and he instead marries her sister. Tita’s powerful emotions surface in fascinating and miraculous ways through her cooking.