Like Water for Chocolate was developed into a film which premiered in 1992, concurrently with the book's English translation by Carol Christensen and Thomas Christensen. In the United States, Like Water for Chocolate became one of the largest grossing foreign films ever released. The film "dominated" Mexico's film awards and received ten Arieles and, according to Susan Karlin in Variety (1993), the fine-tuned final version of the film garnered "'nearly two dozen' international awards".Willingham. Introduction. 2010. 1-2 n. 4. Karlin, Susan. “Sweet Shortcut for Hot ‘Chocolate.’” Variety 352.3 (August 30, 1993): 1, 34.
