
Centered on a post-apocalyptic society where food is scarce and used as currency. In an apartment building with a delicatessen on the ground floor. The owner of the eatery also owns the apartment building and is in need of a new maintenance man since the prior one "mysteriously" disappeared. A former clown applies for the job and the butcher's intent is to have him work for as little as possible. The clown and butcher's daughter fall in love and she tries to foil her father's... (Full plot summary below)
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Centered on a post-apocalyptic society where food is scarce and used as currency. In an apartment building with a delicatessen on the ground floor. The owner of the eatery also owns the apartment building and is in need of a new maintenance man since the prior one "mysteriously" disappeared. A former clown applies for the job and the butcher's intent is to have him work for as little as possible. The clown and butcher's daughter fall in love and she tries to foil her father's plans by contacting the "troglodytes", a grain eating sub-group of society who live entirely underground.
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| SalonJenn ShreveI didn't need to understand every word to see what a beautiful film this was - each camera shot a carefully composed masterpiece that immerses the viewer in a realm of luxuriant imagination. |
| BBC.comMatt FordA hugely enjoyable film, Delicatessen welds comedy and magic into a bizarre, grotesque fantasy of an oddball dystopian future. |
| The Hollywood ReporterDuane ByrgeThe slapstick is classic-level stuff, the kind of domino-effect precision that is lost in most of today's clumsy farces. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsTed PriggeAn amazing film, filled with amazing style, a wonderful off-beat tone, and some bits of satire which work with the film instead of being apart from it. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeThere's brilliance here -- and a lot of downright sick fun. |
| Chicago TribuneClifford TerryAll of this is handled in a breezy, off-handed, nutsy manner, as the superb cast combines to help bring it off. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaWith 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. |
| The SpectatorHarriet WaughFunny, imaginative, ghoulish and rather beautiful. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrThis is still a delightfully original picture, poised perfectly between farce and horror. |
| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovSet in some sort of post-apocalyptic Parisian deli o' the damned, this lunatic's take on the future of man is so delightfully warped that it's impossible to shake it out of your head and go get a decent night's sleep. |