Set several years after a nuclear war has wiped out most of humanity, Delicatessen tells the story of a landlord of an apartment building who occasionally prepares a delicacy for his odd tenants.
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December 06, 2016
If we take the idea of a romantic comedy set in the ruins of a dead society and dressed up with cannibal horror seriously at all, it's hard to see how it could turn out better than this.
November 21, 2013
Delicatessen is a fearsomely intense movie that mixes moods with formidable assurance.
June 05, 2007
With their detached, sardonic and decidedly sick slant, Jeunet and Caro have served up a burnt-to-a-crisp feast.
November 21, 2013
With its molelike inhabitants, its sprawling war between flesh-eaters and lentil-men, its achingly sweet love story and surrealist blend of dusty antiquities and 21st-century gizmos, Delicatessen is indescribably wild.
June 05, 2007
There are no characters to care about or remember afterward -- just a lot of flashy technique involving decor, some glib allegorical flourishes, and the obligatory studied film-school weirdness.
November 21, 2013
Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro made a brilliant feature film debut with this bizarre and visually stunning comedy about cannibalism.
November 21, 2013
A must see, Delicatessen is an absolute delight and a bizarrely madcap experience.
November 21, 2013
Bizarre, brilliant, but wayward in its dénouement.
November 21, 2013
The movie, take it from me, is a lot more fun to sit through than to describe in a single sentence.
November 21, 2013
What will filmmakers Jeunet and Caro serve for dessert in their next movie? Something equally daring, one hopes -- but more thoroughly cooked and a bit easier to swallow.
November 21, 2013
All of this is handled in a breezy, off-handed, nutsy manner, as the superb cast combines to help bring it off.
June 05, 2007
A zany little film that's a startling and clever debut for co-helmers Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro.
