Judy's love interest is Frances, owner of the book shop in which Maggie works and purveyor of LGBT literature.

The plot line about the bookstore is a fairly direct reference to Vancouver's Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium and its travails with Canada Customs.

The movie poster, which shows two women embracing and one woman's naked back, was banned by the Hong Kong Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority as it was deemed "offensive to public morality, decency and ordinary good taste.

The website's consensus reads: "Some things are Better Than Chocolate, while some are far worse – and this would-be romance fails to deliver a filling morsel.

[9] Stephen Holden of the New York Times gave the film a positive review and wrote: "the movie gushes with so much romantic optimism and good humor that it has the effervescence of an engaging musical comedy".