Like Water For Chocolate Review 2024 Review. Hbo's like water for chocolate is a bold reinterpretation of a classic, and for that, at least, it deserves respect. Read the empire movie review of like water for chocolate.

Salma hayek pinault’s new adaptation of laura esquivel’s 1989 novel “like water for chocolate” — as a sumptuous period melodrama for hbo — falls squarely into the latter. The series feels instead like a lush.