Delicatessen
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Movie Reviews of Delicatessen
Movie Review: "Delicatessen" movie review
Summary: 4 Stars
"Delicatessen" is a French cult classic. It's a bit of a morbid story with cute little twists. The characters are neat (interesting developments). There is a romance or two. I saw the movie when it first came out and it made an impression on me then and it still does today. It's cute and creepy at the same time. Jean-Claude Dreyfus as the butcher was superb. Try it out! French language with English subtitles makes it easier to understand.Movie Review: the little things
Summary: 4 Stars
If you like foreign films. If you like French humor. If you are an observer of human behavior.
It is not a fast-paced action/thriller. It is not explicit in modern American termns.
All sinister overtones are counter-balanced with... whatever.
Is it still an all-star movie in France?
I did not hate it.
Movie Review: the dvd was released years ago in UK! why are you waiting?
Summary: 4 Stars
This dvd was released years ago in UK at a very reasonable price! Nowadays,all the dvd players support multiregion, so you can easily watch a region 2 dvd...So i am asking to those who were waiting, why?Movie Review: Not so much
Summary: 3 Stars
I'm a fan of this director's later work but this one just didn't do anything for me.
It's not common that I find something that's too weird for me, but this kinda was..
I just didn't get it.
It was well shot and acted, but I felt the story fell flat.
Movie Review: Most Overhyped quasi-Sci-fi since Eraserhead
Summary: 2 Stars
Fans of Eraserhead are almost certain to love it, but to me nearly the best thing in Delicatessen are the opening titles.
First a techical complaint. The first copy would not load in my modern player. The replacement had the same problem. I put it into an old DVD player relegated to the basement and it worked fine. Copy protection prevented me from copying to my DVD recorder via direct connection (first time I'ver ever tried). I suppose I could make a copy playable in my main DVD player by using a VCR as a go-between, but quality would certainly suffer and the movie really isn't worth the re-wiring effort.
My French is poor and I find subtitles distracting. Couldn't it at least have an alternate audio track dubbed into English as the French insist for English movies? The interpretation into English is as poor as you find in the worst Japanese monster movies--filled with cliche and nearly incomprehensible slang.
Zero explanation is given for a thin premise, entire plot elements were nonsensical to me and an entire escape sequence is so ridiculous that it makes those in the latest "Die Hard" look almost plausible.
The acting is a mixed bag: occasionally very good, but the overall level is drug down by some ridiculous performances in perposterous circumstance.
The photography is excellent. Unusual, changing camera angles and distorted perspective are used to their best effect. Audio quality is very good and some unusual songs are very nice.
I give two stars: one for the opening credits; the other for cinematography. At least is earns one more than Eraserhead in my book.