
In a small Massachusetts town, two bumbling criminals mistakenly kidnap a maid, thinking her to be the wife of a prominent businessman. D.C., short for Darn Cat, is an alley cat who, while looking for his nightly snack, stumbles upon the kidnap victim, bound and gagged in a shed. The kidnap victim scratches a plea for help on the back of her wristwatch and puts it around the cat's neck. Patti finds the watch and links it to the missing maid. Playing amateur detective, she enl... (Full plot summary below)
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In a small Massachusetts town, two bumbling criminals mistakenly kidnap a maid, thinking her to be the wife of a prominent businessman. D.C., short for Darn Cat, is an alley cat who, while looking for his nightly snack, stumbles upon the kidnap victim, bound and gagged in a shed. The kidnap victim scratches a plea for help on the back of her wristwatch and puts it around the cat's neck. Patti finds the watch and links it to the missing maid. Playing amateur detective, she enlists the aid of an FBI agent, Zeke, who has been assigned to the case. Patti and Zeke follow D.C. through tight openings to track down the captive.
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| Portland OregonianShawn LevyThere's something almost wearying as well as exhilarating about the perpetual brilliance of Bosnian-born filmmaker Emir Kusturica. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumA warm embrace of tradition and boisterous, ethnographically rich local culture. |
| The New York TimesElvis MitchellMade with such overriding jubilation that its coarseness is mostly liberating...well worth admiring for its sheer glee. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasKusturica works marvels with his endlessly amusing cast, and his film has an appealingly free and easy tone. |
| L.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmKusturica's always masterful orchestration of chaos, coincidence and caricature really pays off as a sweet, soulful celebration of old friends, new loves and the mad scramble of life at the fringe. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrThe gusto in the flying bullets, the fleeing lovers, and the flowing music will make you want to hang around until the party is over. |
| New York PostRod DreherA wild, endlessly inventive romp set in a post-war world so full of machine-guns and hand-grenades that people barely flinch when one or the other goes off. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenFarcical mayhem. A convoluted plot that's easy to follow but hard to describe. |
| Film.comHenry Cabot BeckAn absurdist Eastern European version of "The Godfather," starring the Marx Brothers (and sisters and nephews and...). |
| SalonAndrew O'HehirIt's thrilling to see something this profane, mythic and, most of all, not bored with life, love and the possibilities of cinema. |