From the director of Amelie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet) comes a post-apocalyptic comedy that’s both bitingly hilarious and absolutely one-of-a-kind. When meat becomes so rare that it is used as currency, residents living above a delicatessen must depend on a menacingly strange butcher (Jean-Claude Dreyfus) for their supply. But when a new tenant (Dominique Pinon) arrives and takes a job as the building's handyman, he unknowingly steps into the butcher’s trap...to serve him as the next meal!
In a post-apocalyptic world, the residents of an apartment above the butcher shop receive an occasional delicacy of meat, something that is in low supply. A young man new in town falls in love with the butcher's daughter, which causes conflicts in her family, who need the young man for other business-related purposes.
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FantasticReally fantastic movie. Quite clever and intruiging. I highly recommend it to any dark-humor fans. Grim, too. Best to buy it, to be able to show all your friends!!.Score: 5/5
A winnerVery pretty and quite funny..Score: 5/5
DisappointingThis movie is much darker than Amelie. Normally, I like dark movies, but this movie just felt muddled. I found it hard to follow the narrative, gloomy, and I didn't really care about the characters..Score: 3/5
DelicatessenA fun, quirky movie. I so hate to give anything away when I'm writing a review,,,but who would have ever thought, that when you answered a job offer and went on the interview, the employer was just trying to put some steak and ribs on the menu...lawd have mercy! Too funny..Score: 5/5
Excellent movie! Thank you for keeping the original French dialogue!Excellent movie! Thank you for keeping the original French dialogue!.Score: 5/5
Don't worry, it is in FRENCH! iTunes staff just mislabeled it.First off, for those worried about it being in English, it IS IN FRENCH, THANKFULLY! Dubbing should be illegal. With that out of the way, this movie didn't do much for me--luckily it was only 99 cents. If you enjoyed Amelie, then discard my opinions, as this is the precursor to that film (which I also did not like). So, if you liked Amelie, you might enjoy this (similar themes, but in a cannibalistic post-apocalyptic apartment complex)..Score: 2/5
A Real “Killer” B Movie (one of 237!)This review is an excerpt from my book “Killer B’s: The 237 Best Movies On Video You’ve (Probably) Never Seen,” which is available as an ebook on iBooks. If you enjoy this review, there are 236 more like it in the book (plus a whole lot more). Check it out! DELICATESSEN: It’s “Brazil” meets “Eating Raoul”—a lite black comedy which pretty much exhausts the thesaurus of synonyms for “bizarre.” Atmosphere is everything, and it’s a benignly nightmarish, happily hallucinatory ambiance, brimming with misshapen faces, odd lighting, wacky angles and insane sets, all of which are too peculiar to be too threatening. The odd lot of freaks and weirdoes who inhabit the building are both grotesque and whimsical, as if drawn by Dr. Seuss on a bad acid trip. For the precious little French spoken in the film, it might as well be silent—except for the fanciful sound effects (the scene in which everyone in the building uses the rhythm of squeaking bedsprings as a metronome for their own activities is worthy of Buster Keaton, for example). If you’ve got an appetite for something visually brilliant, incredibly quirky, very original and exceedingly different—have a taste..Score: 5/5
French with subtitlesAmazingly refreshing and unique. Don't expect anything mainstream Hollywood or alike. Quirky characters, funny story and great cinematography. Amelie, Delicatessen ... keep another coming..Score: 5/5
DelicatessenReally, really, really bad! Probably the worst, most boring movie I've ever tried to watch. Couldn't finish it. Don't waste your time or money..Score: 1/5
One of my favorite moviesAs usual, Jean-Pierre Jeunet does not let the viewer down. The subtitles are almost unnecessary, so reading them and keeping up with the visuals is no problem. A well-cast movie with unique characters and plot. We tired of Hollywood's endless computer-animated movies, repetitious movies, movies devoid of creative story or family values, movies filled with streaming obsceneties and instead found quality in movies made abroad. Don't let subtitles scare you off! You'll be glad you watched..Score: 5/5
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