Chocolat is one of the all time darkhorses as a Best Picture nominee. Although it is a slickly professional package, I find it difficult to believe that there were not many, many other pictures that would have been more worthy nominees.
I want to direct my attention to a guess as to why Chocolat was the nominee:
breasts Synopsis: Sexier than chocolate and twice as sweet, Christianne exposes her Hershey's Kisses having sex on a bed. But again, much like chocolate, the scene is very dark. (20 seconds)